堂 (táng): hall
堂 (táng) is a Chinese character meaning “hall.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 尚 (phonetic) and 土 (semantic). It ranks #979 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 堂 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- hall
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 堂
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教堂noun | jiào táng | church |
| 天堂noun | tiān táng | paradise |
| 堂兄noun | táng xiōng | older male patrilineal cousin |
| 礼堂noun | lǐ táng | assembly hall |
| 名堂noun | míng tang | item (in a program of entertainments) |
| 大堂noun | dà táng | lobby |
| 堂弟noun | táng dì | younger male patrilineal cousin |
| 礼拜堂noun | lǐ bài táng | chapel |
| 殿堂noun | diàn táng | palace |
| 堂妹noun | táng mèi | younger female patrilineal cousin |
| 满堂noun | mǎn táng | whole audience |
| 堂姐noun | táng jiě | older female patrilineal cousin |
| 堂兄弟noun | táng xiōng dì | father's brother's sons |
| 会堂noun | huì táng | meeting hall |
| 打退堂鼓verb | dǎ tuì táng gǔ | lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) |
堂 appears in 100 compound words: 26 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 13 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 堂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (16)
to beat the drum before the magistrate withdraws from the court; to beat a retreat; to give up halfway
dignified; upright; solemn; to seem honorable and just on the surface, but is not the case in reality
Showing 12 of 16 idioms containing 堂.
Example Sentences
会议在二楼的大礼堂举行，请提前十分钟到场。
Huìyì zài èr lóu de dà lǐtáng jǔxíng, qǐng tíqián shí fēnzhōng dàochǎng.
The meeting will be held in the auditorium on the second floor; please arrive ten minutes early.
國際小學堂/能源依賴美 歐洲抗川普沒底氣
國 際 xiǎo 學 táng néng yuán yī 賴 měi 歐 zhōu kàng chuān pǔ 沒 de 氣
International Classroom: Energy Dependence on the U.S. Leaves Europe Without the Clout to Stand Up to Trump
國際小學堂/歐抗美並非無籌碼 卻易被分而治之
國 際 xiǎo 學 táng 歐 kàng měi 並 fēi 無 籌 碼 卻 yì bèi fēn ér zhì zhī
International Classroom: Europe and America are not without leverage, yet they are prone to being divided and ruled.
健康名人堂/放下光環 馬年給自己更新的位置
jiàn kāng míng rén táng fàng xià guāng 環 馬 nián 給 zì jǐ gēng xīn de wèi zhì
Health Hall of Fame: Shed the Spotlight—A Fresh Start for the Year of the Horse
(新春走基层)从讲堂到田埂:一名浙江党外专家近20年的“乡土...
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng cóng jiǎng táng dào tián 埂 yī míng zhè jiāng dǎng wài zhuān jiā jìn nián de xiāng tǔ . . .
(Spring Festival Grassroots Report) From Lecture Halls to Farm Fields: A Zhejiang Non-Party Expert's Nearly 20-Year Journey of "Rural Roots"
周吉佩新春團拜 三地粉絲聚首一堂慶祝
zhōu jí pèi xīn chūn 團 bài sān dì fěn 絲 jù shǒu yī táng 慶 zhù
Chow Kit Pui Lunar New Year's Gathering Fans from three places gather together to celebrate the event
米蘭大教堂雕像 贊助修復便可有條件借展
mǐ 蘭 dà jiào táng diāo xiàng 贊 zhù xiū 復 biàn kě yǒu 條 jiàn jiè zhǎn
Milan Cathedral Statue: Conditional Loan for Restoration Sponsorship
最近的教堂在哪里？
Zuì jìn de jiàotáng zài nǎlǐ?
Where's the nearest church?
我应该登记这堂课吗？
Wǒ yīnggāi dēngjì zhè táng kè ma?
Should I register for that class?
你在圣诞节去教堂吗？
Nǐ zài shèng dàn jiē qù jiàotáng ma?
Do you go to church on Christmas Day?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 土 (earth) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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