厅 (tīng): (reception) hall, living room, office

厅 (tīng) is a Chinese character meaning “(reception) hall.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 厂 (structural) and 丁 (phonetic). It ranks #1212 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 厅 spacious. Its radical form 厂 (cliff) appears in many related characters such as 原 (yuán, former), 厂 (chǎng, factory), 历 (lì, to experience).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (reception) hall
  2. living room
  3. office

Etymology & Origin

厅

pictophoneticspacious

Decomposition: ⿸厂丁 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 厅

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
餐厅nouncān tīngdining hall4
大厅noundà tīnghall4
客厅nounkè tīngliving room4

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
市政厅nounshì zhèng tīngcity hall
舞厅nounwǔ tīngdance hall
门厅nounmén tīngentrance hall
音乐厅nounyīn yuè tīngconcert hall
饭厅nounfàn tīngdining room
前厅nounqián tīnganteroom
宴会厅nounyàn huì tīngballroom
厅长nountīng zhǎnghead of provincial PRC government department
白厅proper-nounbái tīngWhitehall
会客厅huì kè tīngreception room
歌厅noungē tīngkaraoke hall
会议厅huì yì tīngconference hall
办公厅nounbàn gōng tīnggeneral office
厅堂nountīng tánghall
到达大厅dào dá dà tīngarrival hall
49
Total compounds
4
As first character
90
As last character
6
As middle character

厅 appears in 49 compound words: 4 as the first character, 90 as the last, and 6 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 厅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

餐cān
0.61716,410 co-occurrences
站zhàn
0.55253,414 co-occurrences
层céng
0.54413,528 co-occurrences
办bàn
0.52413,768 co-occurrences
省shěng
0.48018,866 co-occurrences
长cháng
0.47422,420 co-occurrences
姿zī
0.43210 co-occurrences
宴yàn
0.423874 co-occurrences
副fù
0.4238,510 co-occurrences
啡fēi
0.4221,420 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

厅字虽然难写,但意思很有趣。

tīng zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .

The character "厅" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.

東森新聞Feb 2026

饭店一晚6000 大厅却躺死蟑螂 浴巾泛黄又湿

fàn diàn yī wǎn 6 0 0 0 dà tīng què tǎng sǐ 蟑 螂 yù jīn fàn huáng yòu shī

The hotel is 6,000 a night, but the lobby is lying dead, and the bath towel is yellow and wet

東森新聞Feb 2026

独家/疑不满出餐太慢! 复古咖啡厅男乱泼美式

dú jiā yí bù mǎn chū cān tài màn ! fù gǔ kā fēi tīng nán luàn pō měi shì

Exclusive/Suspected that the food is too slow! Retro café men splash American style

三立新聞網Feb 2026

9人吃2万 杨绣惠揭冲绳餐厅规定:被当盘子

9 rén chī 2 wàn yáng xiù huì jiē chōng shéng cān tīng guī dìng : bèi dāng pán zǐ

9 people eat 20,000 Yang Xiuhui revealed the rules of the Okinawan restaurant: being used as a plate

公視新聞網 PnnFeb 2026

春节收假日入境大厅涌人潮 桃机全日入境预报8.5万人次

chūn jié shōu jiǎ rì rù jìng dà tīng chōng rén cháo táo jī quán rì rù jìng yù bào 8 . 5 wàn rén cì

During the Spring Festival holiday, the entry hall was crowded with people, and Taoji's full-day entry forecast was 85,000

三立新聞網Feb 2026

大巨蛋影厅变喜宴场 280人看完电影开饭

dà jù dàn yǐng tīng biàn xǐ yàn chǎng 2 8 0 rén kàn wán diàn yǐng kāi fàn

The theater hall of the Grand Dome turned into a banquet for 280 people to start eating after watching the movie

Tatoeba

汤姆把夹克挂在大厅衣柜里。

Tāngmǔ bǎ jiākè guà zài dàtīng yīguì lǐ.

Tom hung his jacket in the hall closet.

Tatoeba

你可以介绍一间附近的好餐厅吗?

Nǐ kěyǐ jièshào yī jiān fùjìn de hǎo cāntīng ma?

Could you recommend a nice restaurant near here?

Tatoeba

顺便问一下,餐厅晚上几点钟开始营业?

Shùnbiàn wèn yīxià, cāntīng wǎnshang jǐ diǎnzhōng kāishǐ yíngyè?

By the way, may I ask when in the evening your restaurant opens?

Tatoeba

哪条路通往市政厅?

Nǎ tiáo lù tōngwǎng shìzhèngtīng?

Which road goes to city hall?

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 广 (spacious) component

厂 Radical Family — Characters sharing the cliff radical

Homophones — Characters pronounced tīng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 厅 (tīng) mean in Chinese?
厅 (tīng) primarily means "(reception) hall." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #1212 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 厅 and 打?
厅 (tīng) and 打 (dǎ) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 厂 vs 扌 (same 丁 component).
How many strokes does 厅 have?
厅 is written with 4 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 厅?
The radical associated with 厅 is 厂 (cliff). This radical appears in many characters related to cliff.
What are the components of 厅?
厅 is composed of: 厂 (structural), 丁 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿸厂丁 with a surround-from-upper-left layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 厅?
Common words with 厅 include: 餐厅 (cān tīng, "dining hall"); 大厅 (dà tīng, "hall"); 客厅 (kè tīng, "living room"); 市政厅 (shì zhèng tīng, "city hall"); 舞厅 (wǔ tīng, "dance hall"). There are over 49 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 厅 (tīng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation tīng: 停 (to stop), 庭 (courtyard, family), 挺 (straight). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 厅 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 厅 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.