唐 (táng): Tang dynasty (618–907), to exaggerate, empty
唐 (táng) is a Chinese character meaning “tang dynasty (618–907).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural), 肀 (structural) and 口 (structural). It ranks #973 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 唐 children learning how to read 口 and write 肀 in school 广. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- Tang dynasty (618–907)
- to exaggerate
- empty
Etymology & Origin
ideographicChildren learning how to read 口 and write 肀 in school 广
Decomposition: ⿸广⿱肀口 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒唐adjective | huāng táng | beyond belief |
| 唐人街noun | táng rén jiē | Chinatown |
| 唐突adjective | táng tū | to be rude |
| 唐纳德proper-noun | táng nà dé | (name) Donald |
| 唐纳 | táng nà | Tanner or Donald (name) |
| 唐宁街proper-noun | táng níng jiē | Downing Street (London) |
| 麦克唐纳proper-noun | mài kè táng nà | (name) MacDonald or McDonald |
| 唐璜 | táng huáng | a dandy |
| 唐老鸭proper-noun | táng lǎo yā | Donald Duck |
| 唐吉诃德 | táng jí hē dé | Don Quixote |
| 唐朝proper-noun | táng cháo | Tang dynasty (618-907) |
| 唐山proper-noun | táng shān | China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese) |
| 麦唐纳 | mài táng nà | (name) MacDonald or McDonald |
| 唐手道 | táng shǒu dào | Tang soo do (Korean martial art) |
| 唐初四大家 | táng chū sì dà jiā | Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang |
唐 appears in 93 compound words: 77 as the first character, 9 as the last, and 14 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 唐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 唐.
Example Sentences
孩子们唐渴了，纷纷跑到饮水机前接水。
hái zǐ men táng kě le , fēn fēn pǎo dào yǐn shuǐ jī qián jiē shuǐ .
The children were thirsty and rushed to the water cooler to fill their cups.
唐氏综合征孩子可生么?嵌合型患儿症状可能较...
táng shì zèng gě zhēng hái zǐ kě shēng má ? kǎn gě xíng huàn ér zhèng zhuàng kě néng jiào . . .
Can I have a child with Down syndrome? Children with chimeric types may have symptoms that are more like...
唐从圣吃泡面上吐下泻3天 他惊喊:别吃
táng cóng shèng chī pāo miàn shàng tǔ xià xiè 3 tiān tā jīng hǎn : bié chī
Tang Congsheng ate instant noodles and vomited and diarrhea for 3 days He exclaimed: Don't eat it
孕期喝了酒对宝宝有没有影响?唐筛或无创能检测出酒精伤害吗
yùn qī hē le jiǔ duì bǎo bǎo yǒu méi yǒu yǐng xiǎng ? táng shāi huò wú chuàng néng jiǎn cè chū jiǔ jīng shāng hài ma
Does drinking alcohol during pregnancy affect the baby? Can Tang sieve or non-invasive detect alcohol damage?
美国这座机场要改名“唐纳德·特朗普国际机场”
měi guó zhè zuò jī chǎng yāo gǎi míng táng nà dé tè lǎng pǔ guó jì jī chǎng
The airport in the United States will be renamed "Donald Trump International Airport"
...团李亮:炒作“字节是恒科的最大空头”很荒唐也..
. . . tuán lǐ liàng : chǎo zuò zì jié shì héng kē de zuì dà kōng tóu hěn huāng táng yě . .
... Group Li Liang: The hype that "Byte is Hengke's biggest bear" is ridiculous...
鲍里斯·约翰逊是英国的唐纳·川普。
Bào lǐ sī · Yuēhànxùn shì Yīngguó de Tángnà· Chuānpǔ.
Boris Johnson is the British Donald Trump.
唐纳德去清理镜子碎片。
Tángnàdé qù qīnglǐ jìngzi suìpiàn.
Donald went to clean up the mirror fragments.
我该怎么去唐人街？
Wǒ gāi zěnme qù Tángrén Jiē?
How do I get to Chinatown?
朋友，我请你去唐人街逛逛怎么样？
Péngyou, wǒ qǐng nǐ qù Tángrén Jiē guàngguang zěnmeyàng?
Friend, how about we stroll through the Chinatown?
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