善堂

Chinese

		good	(main) hall; large room
trad. (善堂)		善	堂
simp. #(善堂)		善	堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàntáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ tong^4-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siān-tn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang⁶ deng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàntáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàntáng
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴-tʻang²
    • Yale: shàn-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanntarng
    • Palladius: шаньтан (šanʹtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ tong^4-2
    • Yale: sihn tóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ tong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ tong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: siān-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexnd'ngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang⁶ deng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siăng tṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tɯŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

善堂

1. benevolent society; charity
2. (historical) overseas association for people from the same region
3. (Hokkien) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Descendants

• → English: shantang

See also

• 會館／会馆 (huìguǎn)
• 善會／善会