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庭

tíng

HSK 5 Character

What 庭 means

1. main hall
2. front courtyard
3. law court

Example sentences

• 他有个大家庭。
  He has a big family.
• 我们是个家庭。
  We're a family.
• 我有一个大家庭。
  Wǒ yǒu yī gè dà jiātíng.
  I have a large family.
• 植有松树的庭院。
  Zhí yǒu sōngshù de tíngyuàn.
  A garden planted with pine trees.
• 教育从家庭开始。
  Education starts at home.
• 多美好的家庭啊！
  What a wonderful family.

Words starting with 庭

• 庭院tíng yuàncourtyard
• 庭审tíng shěncourt hearing
• 庭园tíng yuánflower garden
• 庭长tíng zhǎngpresiding judge
• 庭外tíng wàiout-of-court (settlement)
• 庭除tíng chúfront court; courtyard
• 庭训tíng xùntuition within family; education from father
• 庭堂tíng tángcourtyard in front of a palace

Words containing 庭

• 家庭jiā tíngfamily; household
• 法庭fǎ tíngcourt of law
• 开庭kāi tíngto begin a (judicial) court session
• 大家庭dà jiā tíngextended family; big family; harmonious group
• 出庭chū tíngto appear in court
• 大相径庭dà xiāng jìng tíngas different as can be (idiom); poles apart
• 大庭广众dà tíng guǎng zhòng(idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by 在
• 家庭作业jiā tíng zuò yèhomework
• 洞庭湖Dòng tíng HúDongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
• 拜占庭Bài zhàn tíngByzantium; Byzantine or Eastern Roman empire (395-1453)
• 门庭若市mén tíng ruò shìfront yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom); a place with many visitors
• 天庭tiān tíngmiddle of the forehead; imperial court; heaven
• 中庭zhōng tíngcourtyard
• 前庭qián tíngfront courtyard; vestibule
• 后庭hòu tíngbackyard; imperial harem; (slang) anus
• 民庭mín tíngcivil court
• 合议庭hé yì tíng(law) collegiate bench; panel of judges
• 原生家庭yuán shēng jiā tíngfamily of origin
• 国际法庭Guó jì Fǎ tíngInternational Court of Justice in The Hague
• 地主家庭dì zhǔ jiā tíngland-owning household
• 家庭主妇jiā tíng zhǔ fùhousewife
• 家庭影院jiā tíng yǐng yuànhome cinema; home theater
• 家庭成员jiā tíng chéng yuánfamily member
• 军事法庭jūn shì fǎ tíngcourt-martial; military tribunal

Characters built on 廷

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

• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 艇tǐng(bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)
• 霆tíngclap of thunder
• 蜓tíngsee 蜻蜓
• 铤dìngingot
• 梃tǐnga club (weapon)

Characters that look like 庭

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

• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 玻bōsee 玻璃
• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 迹jì(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 扇shànfan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc

Sounds the same

Read tíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 停to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
• 亭pavilion; booth; kiosk
• 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