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亭

tíng

HSK 6 Character

What 亭 means

1. pavilion
2. booth
3. kiosk
4. erect

Example sentences

• 最近的电话亭在哪里？
  Zuì jìn de diànhuàtíng zài nǎlǐ?
  Where's the nearest telephone booth?
• 这里附近的电话亭少得可怜。
  Zhèlǐ fùjìn de diànhuàtíng shǎo de kělián.
  Telephone booths are as scarce as hen's teeth around here.
• 汤姆跑啊跑, 直到他终于看到了电话亭。
  Tom ran and ran, until at last he saw the telephone booth.

Words starting with 亭

• 亭子tíng zipavilion
• 亭亭玉立tíng tíng yù lì(idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant; (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight
• 亭午tíng wǔ(literary) noon
• 亭台tíng táipavilion
• 亭长tíng zhǎngancient official title
• 亭阁tíng gépavilion
• 亭湖区Tíng hú QūTinghu, a district of Yancheng City 盐城市
• 亭台楼阁tíng tái lóu gépavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)
• 亭湖Tíng húsee 亭湖区
• 亭台楼榭tíng tái lóu xièsee 亭台楼阁

Words containing 亭

• 电话亭diàn huà tíngtelephone booth
• 凉亭liáng tíngpavilion
• 岗亭gǎng tíngsentry box; police box
• 保亭Bǎo tíngBaoting Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
• 报亭bào tíngkiosk; newsstand
• 书亭shū tíngbook kiosk
• 碑亭bēi tíngpavilion housing a stele
• 话亭huà tíngtelephone booth
• 邮亭yóu tíngpostal kiosk; (old) rest shelter for couriers
• 保亭县Bǎo tíng xiànBaoting Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan
• 候车亭hòu chē tíngbus shelter
• 报刊亭bào kān tíngnewsstand
• 寒亭区Hán tíng QūHanting, a district of Weifang City 潍坊市
• 山亭区Shān tíng QūShanting, a district of Zaozhuang City 枣庄市
• 爱晚亭Ài wǎn TíngAiwan Pavilion, on Mt Yuelu 岳麓山 in Hubei, famous beauty spot
• 乐亭县Lào tíng XiànLaoting, a county in Tangshan City 唐山市
• 华亭市Huá tíng ShìHuating, a county-level city in Pingliang City 平凉市
• 盐亭县Yán tíng XiànYanting, a county in Mianyang City 绵阳市
• 龙亭区Lóng tíng QūLongting, a district of Kaifeng City 开封市
• 电子环保亭diàn zǐ huán bǎo tíngelectrical junk depot, site for reprocessing of old electrical and electronic equipment
• 牡丹亭Mǔ dan TíngThe Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 汤显祖
• 沧浪亭Cāng làng TíngCanglang Pavilion in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO…
• 猇亭区Xiāo tíng QūXiaoting, a district of Yichang City 宜昌市
• 保亭黎族苗族自治县Bǎo tíng Lí zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiànBaoting Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")
• 另lìngother; another; separate
• 京jīngcapital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 杏xìngapricot; (bound form) almond
• 叮dīngto sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently
• 嘤yīngcalling of birds

Characters that look like 亭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 带dàiband; belt; girdle
• 帝dì(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 宰zǎito slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (colloquial) to fleece; to rip off…
• 卒zúsoldier; servant; to finish

Sounds the same

Read tíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 停to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
• 庭main hall; front courtyard; law court
• 婷graceful
• 廷palace courtyard
• 霆clap of thunder
• 筳bamboo pole; spindle
• 葶Draba nemerosa bebe carpa
• 渟stagnant water
• 朾to bump
• 莛stalk of grass
• 蝏used in 蜻蝏
• 蜓see 蜻蜓