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霆

tíng

Character

What 霆 means

1. clap of thunder

Example sentences

• 他在对什么大发雷霆啊？
  Tā zài duì shénme dàfāléitíng ā?
  What is he so angry about?
• 他在对什幺大发雷霆啊？
  What is he so angry about?
• 要是给他知道你要结婚的事，他肯定会大发雷霆。
  Yàoshi gěi tā zhīdào nǐ yào jiéhūn de shì, tā kěndìng huì dàfāléitíng.
  Should he hear of your marriage, he will be furious.

Words containing 霆

• 谢霆锋Xiè Tíng fēngTse Ting-Fung or Nicholas Tse (1980-), Cantopop star
• 雷霆léi tíngsound of thunder
• 大发雷霆dà fā léi tíngto be furious; to fly into a terrible rage
• 星流霆击xīng liú tíng jīmeteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development…

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.

• 庭tíngmain hall; front courtyard; law court
• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 艇tǐng(bound form) boat; craft (esp. small or naval)
• 蜓tíngsee 蜻蜓
• 铤dìngingot
• 梃tǐnga club (weapon)

Characters that look like 霆

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

• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 筷kuàichopstick
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 蔻kòuused in 豆蔻
• 粱liángsorghum
• 蒺jíTribulus terrestris

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
• 廷palace courtyard
• 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