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堂
táng
1.
(main) hall
2.
large room for a specific purpose
3.
relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
4.
of the same clan
5.
classifier for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc
6.
CL:[[間|间<jiān>]]
Very Common • Top 3%
✏️ 11 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
亮堂
liàngtáng
bright
令堂
lìngtáng
(honorific) your mother
公堂
gōngtáng
law court
刑堂
xíngtáng
torture chamber
同堂
tóngtáng
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
名堂
míngtang
variety
堂倌
tángguān
(old) waiter
堂兄
tángxiōng
older male patrilineal cousin
堂哥
tánggē
older male patrilineal cousin
堂堂
tángtáng
grand
堂妹
tángmèi
younger female patrilineal cousin
堂姐
tángjiě
older female patrilineal cousin
堂侄
tángzhí
nephew by the male line
堂屋
tángwū
central room of a traditional Chinese house
堂庑
tángwǔ
side room of a hall
堂弟
tángdì
younger male patrilineal cousin
堂房
tángfáng
remote relatives (with the same family name)
堂皇
tánghuáng
imposing
寿堂
shòutáng
mourning hall
大堂
dàtáng
lobby
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 979
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,562 of 84,292