廷 (tíng): palace courtyard
廷 (tíng) is a Chinese character meaning “palace courtyard.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 廴 (semantic) and 壬 (structural). It ranks #1615 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 廷 place. Its radical form 廴 (stride) appears in many related characters such as 建 (jiàn, to establish), 延 (yán, to prolong).
Definitions
- palace courtyard
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticplace
Decomposition: ⿺廴壬 (layout: surround-from-lower-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿根廷proper-noun | ā gēn tíng | Argentina |
| 宫廷noun | gōng tíng | court (of king or emperor) |
| 教廷noun | jiào tíng | the Papacy |
| 昆廷proper-noun | kūn tíng | Quentin (name) |
| 朝廷noun | cháo tíng | court |
| 西斯廷 | xī sī tíng | Sistine (Chapel) |
| 教廷大使 | jiào tíng dà shǐ | an ambassador of the church |
| 罗马教廷 | luó mǎ jiào tíng | the Church (as Royal Court) |
| 廷巴克图 | tíng bā kè tú | Timbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site) |
| 谢长廷 | xiè cháng tíng | Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005 |
| 内廷 | nèi tíng | place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc |
| 清廷noun | qīng tíng | the Qing court (as government of China) |
| 张廷玉 | zhāng tíng yù | Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of Histo... |
| 廷布proper-noun | tíng bù | Thimphu, capital of Bhutan |
| 廷试 | tíng shì | court examination, the top grade imperial exam |
廷 appears in 20 compound words: 20 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 20 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 廷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
廷字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
tíng zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "廷" is written is quite unique and has left a deep impression on me.
...帕娱乐全新短剧《危城兄弟》3月开镜!陈峻廷为戏蓄发揣摩大哥
. . . pà yú lè quán xīn duǎn jù wēi chéng xiōng dì 3 yuè kāi jìng ! chén jùn tíng wéi xì xù fā chuāi mó dà gē
... Pa Entertainment's new short drama "Brothers in Dangerous City" will be filmed in March! Chen Junting is trying to figure out Big Brother for the play
Baby庆生玩宫廷Look “旧爱”李晨送祝福
B a b y qìng shēng wán gōng tíng L o o k jiù ài lǐ chén sòng zhù fú
Baby celebrates his birthday and plays the court Look "old love" Li Chen sends blessings
...(00041)派特别股息,每持15股派朗廷(01270)1个股份合订单位
. . . ( 0 0 0 4 1 ) pài tè bié gǔ xī , měi chí 1 5 gǔ pài lǎng tíng ( 0 1 2 7 0 ) 1 gè gǔ fèn gě dìng dān wèi
... (00041) pays a special dividend, and 1 share stapled unit of Langham (01270) is distributed for every 15 shares held
WTT新加坡大满贯|港队两双打失利 黄镇廷陈颢桦男双16强止步
W T T xīn jiā pō dà mǎn guàn gǎng duì liǎng shuāng dǎ shī lì huáng zhèn tíng chén 颢 桦 nán shuāng 1 6 qiáng zhǐ bù
WTT Singapore Grand Slam|Hong Kong team lost in doubles Huang Zhenting and Chen Haohua men's doubles stopped in the round of 16
川普关税政策多变 陈冠廷:ART价值未减损、应加速国会审议
chuān pǔ guān shuì zhèng cè duō biàn chén guàn tíng : A R T jià zhí wèi jiǎn sǔn , yīng jiā sù guó huì shěn yì
Trump's tariff policy is changeable Chen Guanting: The value of ART has not been diminished, and congressional deliberation should be accelerated
这里是黑斯廷斯战役发生的地方。
Zhèlǐ shì Hēisītíngsī zhànyì fāshēng de dìfang.
This is the place where the battle of Hastings took place.
天主教廷不同意避孕套的使用。
Tiānzhǔ Jiàotíng bù tóngyì bìyùntào de shǐyòng.
The Catholic Church doesn't condone the use of condoms.
我们从阿根廷进口了肉类。
Wǒmen cóng āgēntíng jìnkǒu le ròulèi.
We imported meat from Argentina.
秘鲁是排在巴西和阿根廷之后的南美第三大国家。
Bìlǔ shì pái zài Bāxī hé āgēntíng zhīhòu de Nán Měi dì sān dàguó jiā.
Peru is the third largest country in South America after Brazil and Argentina.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 廴 (place) component
廴 Radical Family — Characters sharing the stride radical
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