塘 (táng): dyke, embankment, pool or pond
塘 (táng) is a Chinese character meaning “dyke.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 唐 (phonetic). It ranks #2357 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 塘 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
- dyke
- embankment
- pool or pond
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 池塘 | chí táng | pool |
| 水塘 | shuǐ táng | pool |
| 鱼塘 | yú táng | fishpond |
| 澡塘 | zǎo táng | communal bath |
| 西乡塘区 | xī xiāng táng qū | Xixiangtang, a district of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 北塘区 | běi táng qū | Beitang, a district of Wuxi City 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 稳定塘 | wěn dìng táng | waste stabilization pond |
| 西乡塘 | xī xiāng táng | see 西鄉塘區|西乡塘区[Xi1 xiang1 tang2 Qu1] |
| 避风塘 | bì fēng táng | typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) |
| 理塘 | lǐ táng | Litang county (Tibetan: li thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 z... |
| 理塘县 | lǐ táng xiàn | Litang county (Tibetan: li thang rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 z... |
| 新塘 | xīn táng | Xintang, common town or village name |
| 钱塘江 | qián táng jiāng | Qiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through Hangzhou and into Hangzhou B... |
| 塘角鱼 | táng jiǎo yú | Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus) |
| 平塘县 | píng táng xiàn | Pingtang, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zh... |
塘 appears in 41 compound words: 15 as the first character, 51 as the last, and 34 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 塘 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
春天到了,农民开始翻塘播种。
chūn tiān dào le , nóng mín kāi shǐ fān táng bō zhǒng .
Spring has arrived, and farmers have begun turning over their ponds to sow seeds.
港铁九龙塘站扶手梯多人滚下跌倒 两名长者受伤
gǎng tiě jiǔ lóng táng zhàn fú shǒu tī duō rén gǔn xià diē dǎo liǎng míng cháng zhě shòu shāng
Two elderly people were injured when many people rolled down the escalator at MTR Kowloon Tong Station
油塘老翁疑用拐杖袭击白鸽惹街坊报案 警发现鸽...
yóu táng lǎo wēng yí yòng guǎi zhàng xí jī bái gē rě jiē fāng bào àn jǐng fā xiàn gē . . .
The old man in Yau Tong is suspected of attacking the white pigeon with a cane, causing the neighbors to report the case, and the police found the pigeon...
观塘商场平台男子堕楼 送院不治
guàn táng shāng chǎng píng tái nán zǐ duò lóu sòng yuàn bù zhì
A man fell from a building on the platform of Kwun Tong Shopping Mall and was sent to hospital for treatment
彰化竹塘慈航宫总斗首之争 第三轮PK分胜负 桃园...
zhāng huà zhú táng cí háng gōng zǒng dǒu shǒu zhī zhēng dì sān lún P K fēn shèng fù táo yuán . . .
Changhua Zhutang Cihang Palace overall battle battle third round PK point winner Taoyuan...
我还是个小男孩时常去池塘游泳。
Wǒ háishi gè xiǎo nánhái shícháng qù chítáng yóuyǒng.
As a boy, I used to swim in the pond.
池塘的四周以前种满了大树。
Chítáng de sìzhōu yǐqián zhòng mǎn le dà shù.
There used to be big trees around the pond.
以前在这个池塘里有许多青蛙。
Yǐqián zài zhège chítáng lǐ yǒu xǔduō qīngwā.
There used to be a lot of frogs in this pond.
溪水流进这个池塘里。
Xīshuǐ liújìn zhège chítáng lǐ.
The stream flows into the pond.
他扔一块石头到池塘里。
Tā rēng yī kuài shítou dào chítáng lǐ.
He threw a rock into the pond.
Character Family
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