庭 (tíng): courtyard, family
庭 (tíng) is a Chinese character meaning “courtyard, family.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural) and 廷 (structural). It ranks #931 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 庭 a wide 广 couryard 廷; 廷 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 床 (chuáng, bed), 店 (diàn, shop), 广 (guǎng, wide, broad).
Definitions
- courtyard, family
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA wide 广 couryard 廷; 廷 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿸广廷 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 庭
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法庭 | fǎ tíng | court of law |
| 出庭 | chū tíng | to appear in court |
| 开庭 | kāi tíng | to begin a (judicial) court session |
| 庭审 | tíng shěn | court hearing |
| 休庭 | xiū tíng | to adjourn (law) |
| 大家庭 | dà jiā tíng | extended family |
| 庭院 | tíng yuàn | courtyard |
| 大庭广众 | dà tíng guǎng zhòng | (idiom) in public |
| 军事法庭 | jūn shì fǎ tíng | court-martial |
| 大相径庭 | dà xiāng jìng tíng | as different as can be (idiom) |
| 退庭 | tuì tíng | to retire from the courtroom |
| 天庭 | tiān tíng | middle of the forehead |
| 审判庭 | shěn pàn tíng | court |
| 拜占庭 | bài zhàn tíng | Byzantium |
| 庭长 | tíng zhǎng | presiding judge |
庭 appears in 71 compound words: 11 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 28 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 庭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (18)
public place with numerous people; (before) a big crowd; (on) a public occasion
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world; to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
public place with numerous people; (before) a big crowd; (on) a public occasion
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world; to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
Showing 12 of 18 idioms containing 庭.
Example Sentences
家庭和睦是幸福生活的基础，需要大家共同维护。
Jiātíng hémù shì xìngfú shēnghuó de jīchǔ, xūyào dàjiā gòngtóng wéihù.
Family harmony is the foundation of a happy life and needs to be maintained by everyone.
告别医院家庭来回往返, 医养结合:养老与治病两不误
gào bié yī yuàn jiā tíng lái huí wǎng fǎn , yī yǎng jié gě : yǎng lǎo yǔ zhì bìng liǎng bù wù
Farewell to the back and forth of the hospital family, the combination of medical care and nursing care: both pension and treatment are correct
守护儿少性侵案幸存者 宪法法庭3月2日开说明会
shǒu hù ér shǎo xìng qīn àn xìng cún zhě xiàn fǎ fǎ tíng 3 yuè 2 rì kāi shuō míng huì
Protecting Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse The Constitutional Court held a briefing on March 2
【直播】川普出席“天使家庭”纪念仪式
zhí bō chuān pǔ chū xí tiān shǐ jiā tíng jì niàn yí shì
Trump attended the "Angel Family" commemorative ceremony
(新春走基层)山西洪洞大槐树:家庭亲子游成主流 根祖文化激活年俗新体验
( xīn chūn zǒu jī céng ) shān xī hóng dòng dà huái shù : jiā tíng qīn zǐ yóu chéng zhǔ liú gēn zǔ wén huà jī huó nián sú xīn tǐ yàn
(New Year at the grassroots level) Hongdong Locust Tree in Shanxi: Family parent-child travel has become the mainstream, and the ancestral culture activates a new experience of New Year's customs
这场新春之约,让更多家庭感受到浓浓暖意
zhè chǎng xīn chūn zhī yāo , ràng gēng duō jiā tíng gǎn shòu dào nóng nóng nuǎn yì
This New Year's date will make more families feel the warmth.
你们庭院里有桌子吗？
Nǐmen tíngyuàn lǐ yǒu zhuōzi ma?
Do you have a table in the patio?
大学里也有家庭作业吗？
Dàxué lǐ yě yǒu jiātíng zuòyè ma?
Do colleges give homework too?
我们必须保持家庭传统。
Wǒmen bìxū bǎochí jiātíng chuántǒng.
We must keep up the family traditions.
你很快就会习惯在大庭广众说话了。
Nǐ hěn kuài jiù huì xíguàn zài dàtíngguǎngzhòng shuōhuà le.
You'll soon get used to speaking in public.
Character Family
广 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shelter radical
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