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廷

tíng

Character

What 廷 means

1. palace courtyard

Example sentences

• 我们从阿根廷进口了肉类。
  Wǒmen cóng āgēntíng jìnkǒu le ròulèi.
  We imported meat from Argentina.
• 这里曾是黑斯廷斯战役的战场。
  Zhèlǐ céng shì Hēisītíngsī zhànyì de zhànchǎng.
  This is the place where the battle of Hastings took place.
• 天主教廷不同意避孕套的使用。
  Tiānzhǔ Jiàotíng bù tóngyì bìyùntào de shǐyòng.
  The Catholic Church doesn't condone the use of condoms.
• 这里是黑斯廷斯战役发生的地方。
  Zhèlǐ shì Hēisītíngsī zhànyì fāshēng de dìfang.
  This is the place where the battle of Hastings took place.
• 这就是黑斯廷斯战役发生的地方。
  This is the place where the battle of Hastings took place.
• 秘鲁是排在巴西和阿根廷之后的南美第三大国家。
  Bìlǔ shì pái zài Bāxī hé āgēntíng zhīhòu de Nán Měi dì sān dàguó jiā.
  Peru is the third largest country in South America after Brazil and Argentina.

Words starting with 廷

• 廷布Tíng bùThimphu, capital of Bhutan
• 廷试tíng shìcourt examination, the top grade imperial exam
• 廷巴克图Tíng bā kè túTimbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)
• 廷尉tíng wèichief judicial officer in imperial China

Words containing 廷

• 朝廷cháo tíngcourt; imperial household; dynasty
• 阿根廷Ā gēn tíngArgentina
• 宫廷gōng tíngcourt (of king or emperor)
• 清廷Qīng tíngthe Qing court (as government of China)
• 教廷Jiào tíngthe Papacy; the Vatican; the Holy See
• 内廷nèi tíngplace at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
• 西斯廷Xī sī tíngSistine (Chapel); also written 西斯汀
• 谢长廷Xiè Cháng tíngFrank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005
• 教廷大使jiào tíng dà shǐan ambassador of the church; an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican)
• 罗马教廷Luó mǎ jiào tíngthe Church (as Royal Court); the Holy See; the Vatican
• 张廷玉Zhāng Tíng yùZhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors…
• 亨廷顿舞蹈症Hēng tíng dùn wǔ dǎo zhèngHuntington's disease
• 伍廷芳Wǔ Tíng fāngWu Tingfang (1842-1922), diplomat and lawyer
• 陆荣廷Lù Róng tíngLu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently…
• 昆廷Kūn tíngQuentin (name)
• 鲍罗廷Bào luó tíngBorodin (name); Alexander Porfirevich Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer

Characters that look like 廷

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

• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 财cáimoney; wealth; riches
• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 延yánto prolong; to extend; to delay
• 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 纺fǎngto spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric

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
• 亭pavilion; booth; kiosk
• 婷graceful
• 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