亭 (tíng): pavilion, booth, kiosk
亭 (tíng) is a Chinese character meaning “pavilion.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 亠 (lid). It ranks #1974 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 亭 亠, 口, and 冖 form a picture of a pavilion; 丁 provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 亠 (lid) appears in many related characters such as 京 (jīng, capital city of a country), 交 (jiāo, to hand over), 亮 (liàng, bright).
Definitions
- pavilion
- booth
- kiosk
Etymology & Origin
pictographic亠, 口, and 冖 form a picture of a pavilion; 丁 provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿱⿳亠口冖丁 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电话亭 | diàn huà tíng | telephone booth |
| 凉亭 | liáng tíng | pavilion |
| 亭子 | tíng zi | pavilion |
| 亭亭玉立 | tíng tíng yù lì | (idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant |
| 岗亭 | gǎng tíng | sentry box |
| 电子环保亭 | diàn zǐ huán bǎo tíng | electrical junk depot, site for reprocessing of old electrical and electronic equipment |
| 候车亭 | hòu chē tíng | bus shelter |
| 山亭区 | shān tíng qū | Shanting district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市[Zao3 zhuang1 shi4], Shandong |
| 爱晚亭 | ài wǎn tíng | Aiwan Pavilion, on Mt Yuelu 岳麓山 in Hubei, famous beauty spot |
| 保亭黎族苗族自治县 | bǎo tíng lí zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn | Baoting Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan |
| 华亭市 | huá tíng shì | Huating, a county-level city in Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市[Ping2 liang2 Shi4], Gansu |
| 龙亭区 | lóng tíng qū | Longting, a district of Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan |
| 亭长 | tíng zhǎng | ancient official title |
| 话亭 | huà tíng | telephone booth |
| 保亭 | bǎo tíng | Baoting Li and Miao autonomous county, Hainan |
亭 appears in 40 compound words: 25 as the first character, 53 as the last, and 23 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 亭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
亭字由9笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
tíng zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "亭" consists of nine strokes and features a remarkably ingenious structure.
普亭盼中东战事几周内结束:不期待长期“意外之...
pǔ tíng pàn zhōng dōng zhàn shì jī zhōu nèi jié shù : bù qī dài cháng qī yì wài zhī . . .
Putin hopes the conflict in the Middle East will end within weeks: He does not expect a prolonged "unexpected..."
陶然亭海棠春花文化节3月28日启幕
táo rán tíng hǎi 棠 chūn huā wén huà jié 3 yuè 2 8 rì qǐ mù
The Taoranting Hawthorn Spring Flower Festival Kicks Off on March 28
绿鬣蜥暴增2.5倍侵门踏户 陈亭妃促中央设应变小组锁定台南热区移除
lǜ 鬣 蜥 bào zēng 2 . 5 bèi qīn mén tà hù chén tíng 妃 cù zhōng yāng shè yīng biàn xiǎo zǔ suǒ dìng tái nán rè qū yí chú
Green iguana population surges 2.5-fold, invading residential areas; Chen Ting-fei urges central government to establish a task force to identify and remove them from hotspots in Tainan
徐巧芯被控打伤陈亭妃获不起诉 高检署发回北检续查
xú qiǎo xīn bèi kòng dǎ shāng chén tíng 妃 huò bù qǐ sù gāo jiǎn shǔ fā huí běi jiǎn xù chá
Hsu Chiao-hsin Cleared of Charges in Assault Case Involving Chen Ting-fei; High Prosecutors' Office Returns Case to Taipei District Prosecutors' Office for Further Investigation
经济问题加剧、国际声势大减 普亭错估战争代价
jīng jì wèn tí jiā jù , guó jì shēng shì dà jiǎn pǔ tíng cuò gū zhàn zhēng dài jià
Economic problems intensify, international momentum is greatly reduced Putin misestimated the cost of war
最近的电话亭在哪里？
Zuì jìn de diànhuàtíng zài nǎlǐ?
Where is the nearest telephone box?
这里附近的电话亭少得可怜。
Zhèlǐ fùjìn de diànhuàtíng shǎo de kělián.
Telephone booths are as scarce as hen's teeth around here.
汤姆跑啊跑, 直到他终于看到了电话亭。
Tāngmǔ pǎo ā pǎo, zhídào tā zhōngyú kàn dào le diànhuàtíng.
Tom ran and ran, until at last he saw the telephone booth.
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