(tíng): palace courtyard

(tíng) is a Chinese character meaning “palace courtyard.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (structural). It ranks #1615 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, place. Its radical form (stride) appears in many related characters such as (jiàn, to establish), (yán, to prolong).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. palace courtyard

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticplace

Decomposition: ⿺廴壬 (layout: surround-from-lower-left)

Stroke Order

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6

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
ā gēn tíngArgentina
gōng tíngcourt (of king or emperor)
jiào tíngthe Papacy
kūn tíngQuentin (name)
cháo tíngcourt
西xī sī tíngSistine (Chapel)
使jiào tíng dà shǐan ambassador of the church
luó mǎ jiào tíngthe Church (as Royal Court)
tíng bā kè túTimbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)
xiè cháng tíngFrank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005
nèi tíngplace at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
qīng tíngthe Qing court (as government of China)
zhāng tíng yùZhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of Histo...
tíng bùThimphu, capital of Bhutan
tíng shìcourt examination, the top grade imperial exam
20
Total compounds
20
As first character
60
As last character
20
As middle character

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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

cháo
0.650156,672 co-occurrences
gēn
0.573103,683 co-occurrences
gōng
0.54927,852 co-occurrences
ā
0.53799,507 co-occurrences
qīng
0.46444,028 co-occurrences
zhàng
0.4533,354 co-occurrences
zèng
0.4224,068 co-occurrences
huái
0.4221,326 co-occurrences
chén
0.40510,818 co-occurrences
0.4036,396 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

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.

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...帕娱乐全新短剧《危城兄弟》3月开镜!陈峻为戏蓄发揣摩大哥

. . . 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

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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

EtnetFeb 2026

...(00041)派特别股息,每持15股派朗(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

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WTT新加坡大满贯|港队两双打失利 黄镇陈颢桦男双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

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川普关税政策多变 陈冠: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

Tatoeba

这里是黑斯斯战役发生的地方。

Zhèlǐ shì Hēisītíngsī zhànyì fāshēng de dìfang.

This is the place where the battle of Hastings took place.

Tatoeba

天主教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.

Tatoeba

我们从阿根进口了肉类。

Wǒmen cóng āgēntíng jìnkǒu le ròulèi.

We imported meat from Argentina.

Tatoeba

秘鲁是排在巴西和阿根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

Radical Family — Characters sharing the stride radical

Related Characters

Homophones — Characters pronounced tíng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 廷 (tíng) mean in Chinese?
廷 (tíng) primarily means "palace courtyard." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1615 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 廷 have?
廷 is written with 7 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 廷?
The radical associated with 廷 is 廴 (stride). This radical appears in many characters related to stride.
What are the components of 廷?
廷 is composed of: 廴 (semantic), 壬 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿺廴壬 with a surround-from-lower-left layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 廷?
Common words with 廷 include: 阿根廷 (ā gēn tíng, "Argentina"); 宫廷 (gōng tíng, "court (of king or emperor)"); 教廷 (jiào tíng, "the Papacy"); 昆廷 (kūn tíng, "Quentin (name)"); 朝廷 (cháo tíng, "court"). There are over 20 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 廷 (tíng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation tíng: 厅 ((reception) hall), 亭 (pavilion), 庭 (courtyard, family), 停 (to stop), and 2 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 廷 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 廷 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.