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堂

táng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character Measure word 间

What 堂 means

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 classes, lectures etc
6. classifier for sets of furniture

Example sentences

• 哄堂大笑。
  The whole audience erupted in laughter.
• 我是跑堂。
  I'm a waiter.
• 那是座教堂。
  That's a church.
• 你去教堂吗？
  Do you go to church?
• 食堂开了吗？
  Is the canteen open yet?
• 食堂怎么走？
  Which way is the canteen?

Words starting with 堂

• 堂堂táng tánggrand; magnificent; stately
• 堂屋táng wūcentral room of a traditional Chinese house
• 堂堂正正táng táng zhèng zhèngdisplaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank
• 堂而皇之táng ér huáng zhīovert; to make no secret (of one's presence); grandiose
• 堂兄táng xiōngolder male patrilineal cousin
• 堂弟táng dìyounger male patrilineal cousin
• 堂皇táng huángimposing; grand
• 堂哥táng gēolder male patrilineal cousin
• 堂姐táng jiěolder female patrilineal cousin
• 堂妹táng mèiyounger female patrilineal cousin
• 堂吉诃德Táng jí hē déDon Quixote
• 堂区táng qūparish; civil parish
• 堂房táng fángremote relatives (with the same family name)
• 堂食táng shíto eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外带; (restaurant) dine-in service
• 堂姐夫táng jiě fuhusband of older female cousin via male line
• 堂兄弟táng xiōng dìfather's brother's sons; paternal male cousin
• 堂妹夫táng mèi fuhusband of younger female cousin via male line
• 堂弟妹táng dì mèiwife of younger male cousin via male line; younger cousins via male line
• 堂姊táng zǐolder female patrilineal cousin
• 堂姊妹táng zǐ mèifather's brother's daughters; paternal female cousin
• 堂侄táng zhínephew by the male line
• 堂弟媳táng dì xíwife of younger male cousin via male line
• 堂嫂táng sǎowife of older male cousin via male line
• 堂倌táng guān(old) waiter; attendant

Words containing 堂

• 天堂tiān tángparadise; heaven
• 食堂shí tángdining hall; cafeteria
• 教堂jiào tángchurch; chapel
• 课堂kè tángclassroom; class session
• 礼堂lǐ tángassembly hall; auditorium
• 学堂xué tángcollege; school (old)
• 大堂dà tánglobby
• 殿堂diàn tángpalace; hall; temple buildings
• 名堂míng tangitem (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result
• 弄堂lòng táng(dialect) alley; lane
• 澡堂zǎo tángpublic baths
• 祠堂cí tángancestral hall; memorial hall
• 满堂mǎn tángwhole audience; a sellout (capacity audience); jam-packed
• 纪念堂jì niàn tángmemorial hall; mausoleum
• 哄堂大笑hōng táng dà xiàothe whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
• 厅堂tīng tánghall
• 富丽堂皇fù lì táng huáng(idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous
• 店堂diàn tángcustomer area of a store; showroom; dining area of a restaurant
• 灵堂líng tángmourning hall; funeral hall
• 林语堂Lín Yǔ tángLin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor
• 冠冕堂皇guān miǎn táng huánghigh-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
• 饭堂fàn tángdining hall; canteen; cafeteria
• 讲堂jiǎng tánglecture hall
• 礼拜堂lǐ bài tángchapel; church (Protestant)

Characters that look like 堂

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

• 索suǒto search; to demand; to ask
• 爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)…
• 党dǎngparty; association; club
• 董dǒngto supervise; to direct; director
• 耋diéaged; in one's eighties
• 啻chìonly (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just

Sounds the same

Read táng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 糖sugar; sweets; candy
• 塘dyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 唐to exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 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

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