堂
táng
Pinyin

Definition

堂
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táng
  1. (main) hall
  2. large room for a specific purpose
  3. CL:間|间[jiān]
  4. relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
  5. of the same clan
  6. classifier for classes, lectures etc
  7. classifier for sets of furniture

Character Decomposition

Compounds (7)

膛
táng
  1. 1 chest (of body)
  2. 2 hollow space
  3. 3 throat
瞠
chēng
  1. 1 stare at sth beyond reach
螳
táng
  1. 1 praying mantis
蹚
tāng
  1. 1 to wade
  2. 2 to trample
樘
chěng
  1. 1 a pillar

Related Words (20)

天堂
tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
同堂
tóng táng
  1. 1 to live under the same roof (of different generations)
堂
táng
  1. 1 (main) hall
  2. 2 large room for a specific purpose
  3. 3 classifier: 间 jiān
  4. 4 relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
  5. 5 of the same clan
  6. 6 classifier for classes, lectures etc
  7. 7 classifier for sets of furniture
堂哥
táng gē
  1. 1 older male patrilineal cousin

Idioms (15)

上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
升堂入室
shēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
四世同堂
sì shì tóng táng
  1. 1 four generations under one roof (idiom)

Sample Sentences

他在学堂的时候，先生问他：“直隶省的西边是哪一省？”他说是陕西。
tā zài xuétáng de shíhou ，xiānsheng wèn tā ：“zhílìshěng de xībiān shì něi yī shěng ？”tā shuō shì Shǎnxī 。
Once, while attending school, a teacher asked him which province was located on the western border of Hebei. He said it was Shaanxi.
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英国、法国、比利时等欧洲多国宣布，高等院校开学将推迟至9月。这意味着，高校本学期将全部采取网络教学。对于很多高校而言，网课并不是新鲜事物。但面对如此大规模将课堂授课改为线上授课，各国教育机构和师生们都仍在探索和调整。
Yīngguó 、Fǎguó 、Bǐlìshí děng Ōuzhōu duō guó xuānbù ，gāoděng yuànxiào kāixué jiāng tuīchí zhì jiǔ yuè 。zhè yìwèi zhe ，gāoxiào běn xuéqī jiàng quánbù cǎiqǔ Wǎngluò jiàoxué 。duìyú hěnduō gāoxiào éryán ，wǎngkè bìng búshi xīnxiān shìwù 。dàn miànduì rúcǐ dà guīmó jiāng kètáng shòukè gǎi wéi xiànshàng shòukè ，gèguó jiàoyù jīgòu hé shīshēng men dōu réng zài tànsuǒ hé tiáozhěng 。
Several European countries including the UK, France, and Belgium have announced that colleges and universities are postponing the new semester to September. This means that universities are implementing online teaching for this whole semester. For many universities, online courses are not something new. But when facing the replacement of physical classrooms with online courses on such a large scale, the educational institutions, teachers, and students in these countries are still exploring and adjusting accordingly.
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我经常刚一下课就立即冲到食堂。
wǒ jīngcháng gāng yī xiàkè jiù lìjí chōng dào shítáng 。
Immediately: I often dash to the cafeteria immediately after class.
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食堂怎么走？
shítáng zěnme zǒu ？
How do I get to the cafeteria?
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你给我的天堂，其实是一片荒凉。
nǐ gěi wǒ de tiāntáng ，qíshí shì yīpiàn huāngliáng 。
The heaven you gave me was actually a barren land.
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三日，中非合作论坛北京峰会在人民大会堂开幕，
sānrì ，ZhōngFēi hézuò lùntán Běijīng fēnghuì zài RénmínDàhuìtáng kāimù ，
On the 3rd, the opening of the Beijing Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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什么花盆？这是茶碗。我跟我老婆上个月去上了一堂手拉胚的课，这可是我亲手创作出来的陶碗呢！
shénme huāpén ？zhè shì cháwǎn 。wǒ gēn wǒ lǎopó shànggèyuè qù shàng le yī táng shǒulāpēi de kè ，zhè kěshì wǒ qīnshǒu chuàngzuò chūlái de táowǎn ne ！
What vase? That’s a teacup. I went last month to a pottery class with my wife, and this is a clay cup I made with my very own hands!
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我是上过一堂课以后才爱上陶艺的，把泥土透过自己的双手塑成一个有个性的器物，对着它看越久，心情越平静。
wǒ shì shàng guò yī táng kè yǐhòu cái ài shàng táoyì de ，bǎ nítǔ tòuguò zìjǐ de shuāngshǒu sùchéng yī ge yǒu gèxìng de qìwù ，duì zhe tā kàn Yuè jiǔ ，xīnqíng Yuè píngjìng 。
I took a class before I fell in love with pottery, shaping clay into an ornament with personality with your own two hands. The more you look at it, the calmer you feel inside.
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快快快，赶紧地赶紧地把手机打开啦，还有一分钟，我堂妹她今儿个给自己的品牌做直播啦，你们快捧场，要留言啊，送个跑车什么的，花了钱来我这儿报销。
kuài kuài kuài ，gǎnjǐn de gǎnjǐn de bǎ shǒujī dǎkāi la ，háiyǒu yīfēnzhōng ，wǒ tángmèi tā jīnrge gěi zìjǐ de pǐnpái zuò zhíbō la ，nǐmen kuài pěngchǎng ，yào liúyán ā ，sòng gè pǎochē shénme de ，huā le qián lái wǒ zhèr bàoxiāo 。
Quick, quick, quick! Hurry up and turn on your phone. There's still one minute, my cousin is doing a live stream for her own brand, hurry and show your support. You have to leave a message. Send her some red envelopes, or a race car, if you spend money you can report your expenses with me.
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哎呦喂，这必须捧场啊，听说最近直播可火了，粉丝几百万的主播月收入破万那都是小意思，诶，你堂妹做什么品牌直播啊？
āiyōuwéi ，zhè bìxū pěngchǎng ā ，tīngshuō zuìjìn zhíbō kě huǒ le ，fěnsī jǐbǎi wàn de zhǔbō yuè shōurù pò wàn nà dōu shì xiǎoyìsi ，èi ，nǐ tángmèi zuò shénme pǐnpái zhíbō ā ？
Oh god, you really must cheer her on. I hear live streaming is really popular recently. Live streamers with millions of fans get a monthly income of over 10,000 RMB at the small end. What is your cousin's live streaming brand?
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