chuāng lián
curtains; sunblind
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我拉开窗帘，让阳光照进来。
wǒ lā kāi chuāng lián, ràng yáng guāng zhào jìn lái.
I opened the curtains to let the sunlight in.
窗帘是白色的，很漂亮。
chuāng lián shì bái sè de, hěn piào liang.
The curtains are white and very beautiful.
我每天早上都会拉开窗帘，让新鲜空气进来。
wǒ měi tiān zǎo shang dū huì lā kāi chuāng lián, ràng xīn xiān kōng qì jìn lái.
I open the curtains every morning to let in fresh air.
窗帷 (chuāng wéi)
curtain
窗纱 (chuāng shā)
sheer curtain
卷帘 (juǎnlián)
roller blind
百叶窗 (bǎiyèchuāng)
venetian blind
The Chinese word 窗帘 (chuānglián) for "curtain" is a compound of two characters: 窗 (chuāng), meaning "window", and 帘 (lián), meaning "screen" or "blind". The word 窗帘 is first recorded in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), and it is believed to have originated from the word 帘子 (liánzi), which was used to refer to a type of bamboo blind that was hung in windows. Over time, the word 窗帘 became more common, and it is now the standard word for "curtain" in Mandarin Chinese.
