廳堂

Chinese

		(reception) hall; office	(main) hall; large room
trad. (廳堂)		廳	堂
simp. (厅堂)		厅	堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngtáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teng¹ tong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiaⁿ-tn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngtáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingtáng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: tīng-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingtarng
    • Palladius: тинтан (tintan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teng¹ tong⁴
    • Yale: tēng tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: teng¹ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: téng¹ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: thiann-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvia'dngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiã³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/

Noun

廳堂

1. hall (for holding meetings, concerts, receiving guests, etc.)

   • 兄弟旦則聚於廳堂，終日相對，未曾入內。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     兄弟旦则聚于厅堂，终日相对，未曾入内。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

     Xiōngdì dàn zé jù yú tīngtáng, zhōngrì xiàngduì, wèicéng rùnèi. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 門內大天井，上面一所大廳堂。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     门内大天井，上面一所大厅堂。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I

     Mén nèi dà tiānjǐng, shàngmiàn yī suǒ dà tīngtáng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. department in a large government organization (such as a ministry); office
3. government department at a provincial level

Synonyms

• (hall): 公堂 (gōngtáng)

References

• “廳堂”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.