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唐

táng

HSK 6 Character

What 唐 means

1. to exaggerate
2. empty
3. in vain
4. old variant of {螗|táng}

Other readings

唐 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• TángTang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang

Example sentences

• 荒唐！
  Ridiculous!
• 你就是荒唐。
  Nǐ jiùshì huāngtáng.
  You're just being ridiculous.
• 您这么做很荒唐。
  Nín zhème zuò hěn huāngtáng.
  It's absurd of you to do that.
• 多么荒唐的故事！
  Duōme huāngtáng de gùshi!
  What a bizarre story!
• 您这幺做很荒唐。
  It's absurd of you to do that.
• 多幺荒唐的故事！
  What a bizarre story!

Words starting with 唐

• 唐朝Táng cháoTang dynasty (618-907)
• 唐代Táng dàiTang dynasty (618–907)
• 唐僧Táng sēngXuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India…
• 唐诗Táng shīTang poetry; a Tang poem
• 唐人táng rén(used in overseas Cantonese communities) Chinese person
• 唐人街Táng rén JiēChinatown
• 唐突táng tūto be rude; to treat irreverently
• 唐纳Táng nàTanner or Donald (name)
• 唐太宗Táng Tài zōngEmperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民
• 唐伯虎Táng Bó hǔTang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern…
• 唐山市Táng shān ShìTangshan, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
• 唐老鸭Táng Lǎo yāDonald Duck
• 唐家璇Táng Jiā xuánTang Jiaxuan (1938-), politician and diplomat
• 唐卡táng kǎthangka (Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting)
• 唐扬táng yángJapanese-style fried food, usually chicken…
• 唐末Táng mòlate Tang period (9th century)
• 唐楼táng lóutenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper…
• 唐狗táng gǒumongrel
• 唐县Táng XiànTang County or Tangxian, a county in Baoding City 保定市
• 唐花táng huāhothouse flower (i.e. flower grown in a greenhouse)
• 唐装Táng zhuāngTang suit (traditional Chinese jacket)
• 唐中宗Táng Zhōng zōngEmperor Zhongzong of Tang, reign name of fourth Tang emperor Li Zhe 李哲
• 唐代宗Táng Dài zōngEmperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫
• 唐古拉Táng gǔ lāDangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原

Words containing 唐

• 荒唐huāng tángbeyond belief; preposterous; absurd
• 大唐Dà Tángthe Tang dynasty (618-907)
• 隋唐Suí TángSui (581-617) and Tang dynasties (618-907)
• 南唐Nán TángTang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975
• 后唐Hòu TángLater Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
• 新唐书Xīn Táng shūHistory of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
• 旧唐书Jiù Táng shūHistory of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
• 行唐县Xíng táng XiànXingtang, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市
• 高唐县Gāo táng XiànGaotang, a county in Liaocheng City 聊城市
• 麦唐纳Mài táng nà(name) MacDonald or McDonald
• 麦克唐纳Mài kè táng nà(name) MacDonald or McDonald
• 大唐西域记Dà Táng Xī yù JìGreat Tang Records on the Western Regions, travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘
• 梁唐晋汉周书Liáng Táng Jìn Hàn Zhōu shūanother name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 旧五代史
• 大唐狄公案Dà Táng Dí Gōng ànThree Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang…
• 荒唐无稽huāng táng wú jīpreposterous
• 大唐芙蓉园Dà táng Fú róng yuánTang Paradise in Xi'an
• 颓唐tuí tángdispirited; depressed
• 隋唐演义Suí Táng Yǎn yìDramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人获
• 初唐四杰Chū Táng Sì jiéthe Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃
• 行唐Xíng tángsee 行唐县
• 高唐Gāo tángsee 高唐县

Characters built on 广

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

• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 廊lángcorridor; veranda; porch
• 庞páng(bound form) huge; (bound form) numerous and disordered; (bound form) face

Characters that look like 唐

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

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 座zuòseat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 凄qīintense cold; frigid; dismal

Sounds the same

Read táng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 糖sugar; sweets; candy
• 塘dyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 堂(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 膛(bound form) hollow space
• 棠cherry-apple
• 瑭(jade)
• 搪to keep out; to hold off; to ward off
• 螳praying mantis
• 醣carbohydrate; old variant of 糖
• 溏half congealed; pond
• 踼to fall flat; to fall on the face
• 煻to warm; to toast