殿 (diàn): palace hall
殿 (diàn) is a Chinese character meaning “palace hall.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 殳 (weapon). It ranks #1545 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- palace hall
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殿下 | diàn xià | Your Majesty (honorific) |
| 宫殿 | gōng diàn | palace |
| 神殿 | shén diàn | shrine |
| 圣殿 | shèng diàn | temple |
| 殿堂 | diàn táng | palace |
| 殿后 | diàn hòu | to bring up the rear |
| 大殿 | dà diàn | main hall of a Buddhist temple |
| 殿卫 | diàn wèi | fullback (sports) |
| 殿宇 | diàn yǔ | (literary) halls (of a palace or a temple) |
| 正殿 | zhèng diàn | main hall of a Buddhist temple |
| 阎王殿 | yán wáng diàn | Yama's palace |
| 无事不登三宝殿 | wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn | lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom) |
| 太和殿 | tài hé diàn | Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden... |
| 圣伯多禄大殿 | shèng bó duō lù dà diàn | St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| 大雄宝殿 | dà xióng bǎo diàn | Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄[da4 xiong2] |
殿 appears in 24 compound words: 29 as the first character, 71 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 殿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
学习殿字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí diàn zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "殿" requires repeated practice to achieve neat and precise writing.
玻州大旱98天 拉惹殿下率千人集体求雨
bō zhōu dà hàn 9 8 tiān lā rě diàn xià lǜ qiān rén jí tǐ qiú yǔ
After 98 Days of Severe Drought in Perlis, His Royal Highness the Raja Leads a Mass Rain-Praying Ceremony with a Thousand People
甲一女排 沈岚轰22分 国际勇挫上季殿军KT
jiǎ yī nǚ pái 沈 岚 hōng 2 2 fēn guó jì yǒng cuò shàng jì diàn jūn K T
The first women's volleyball team Shen Lan scored 22 points and the international bravely defeated KT, the fourth place in the last season
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.
火星上的神殿饰有莲花。
Huǒxīng shàng de shéndiàn shì yǒu liánhuā.
The temples on Mars are decorated with lotus flowers.
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.
Character Family
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