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殿

diàn

HSK 6 Character

What 殿 means

1. palace hall

Example sentences

• 火星上的神殿饰有莲花。
  The temples on Mars are decorated with lotus flowers.
• 我为你的殿，心里焦急，如同火烧。
  Wǒ wèi nǐ de diàn, xīnli jiāojí, rútóng huǒshāo.
  Zeal for your house will consume me.
• 他出生在一个宫殿里，那宫殿已经不存在了。
  Tā chūshēng zài yī gè gōngdiàn lǐ, nà gōngdiàn yǐjīng bù cúnzài le.
  He was born in a palace that isn't there any more.
• 远离宫殿的北方及南方是平民、商人、工艺师傅和工人。
  Yuǎnlí gōngdiàn de běifāng jí nánfāng shì píngmín, shāngrén, gōngyì shīfu hé gōngrén.
  Farther from the palace and to its north and south were the commoners, merchants, artisans, and laborers.
• 学佛一年，佛在眼前；学佛两年，佛在大殿；学佛三年，佛在西天。
  Xué Fó yī nián, Fó zàiyǎnqián; xué Fó liǎng nián, Fó zài dàdiàn; xué Fó sān nián, Fó zài Xītiān.
  Buddha is a image when you have learnt Buddhism for one year，a temple statue for two years and a paradise for three years.

Words starting with 殿

• 殿堂diàn tángpalace; hall; temple buildings
• 殿下diàn xiàYour Majesty (honorific); His or Her Highness
• 殿后diàn hòuto bring up the rear
• 殿宇diàn yǔ(literary) halls (of a palace or a temple)
• 殿卫diàn wèifullback (sports)
• 殿试diàn shìcourt examination, the top grade imperial exam
• 殿军diàn jūnrunner-up

Words containing 殿

• 宫殿gōng diànpalace
• 大殿dà diànmain hall of a Buddhist temple
• 神殿shén diànshrine
• 圣殿shèng diàntemple
• 正殿zhèng diànmain hall of a Buddhist temple
• 大雄宝殿dà xióng bǎo diànHall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of…
• 太和殿Tài hé diànHall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the…
• 偏殿piān diànside palace hall; side chamber
• 宝殿bǎo diànking's palace; throne hall
• 森罗殿Sēn luó diànthe Palace of the King of Hell 阎王
• 森罗宝殿Sēn luó bǎo diànYama's palace
• 圣伯多禄大殿Shèng bó duō lù Dà diànSt Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
• 阎王殿Yán wáng diànYama's palace
• 阎罗殿Yán luó diànYama's palace
• 金銮殿jīn luán diànthrone room
• 无事不登三宝殿wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diànlit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom)…
• 麒麟殿Qí lín Diànsee 麒麟阁

Characters that look like 殿

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

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 颖yǐnghead of grain; husk; tip
• 蔽bìto cover; to shield; to screen
• 毂gūused in 毂辘
• 粼línclear (as of water)
• 羧suōcarboxyl radical (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read diàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 店inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
• 电lightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 垫pad; cushion; mat
• 奠to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 惦to think of; to remember; to miss
• 淀(bound form) shallow lake (usu. in place names)
• 甸suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic…
• 靛indigo pigment
• 佃to rent farmland from a landlord
• 钿to inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
• 扂door latch
• 玷blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade