公堂

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	(main) hall; large room
trad. (公堂)		公	堂
simp. ^#(公堂)		公	堂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngtáng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ tong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-tòng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong-tn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ deng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngtáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongtáng
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-tʻang²
  - Yale: gūng-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongtarng
  - Palladius: гунтан (guntan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ tong⁴
  - Yale: gūng tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-tòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ dong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ dong²
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ toŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: kong-tn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongd'ngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gong¹ deng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong tṳ̂ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ tɯŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

公堂

(law, dated) court; court of law; tribunal
hall (for holding meetings, concerts, receiving guests, etc.)

Synonyms

(court):

仲裁庭 (zhòngcáitíng) (tribunal)
公庭 (gōngtíng) (archaic)
法庭 (fǎtíng)
法院 (fǎyuàn)

(hall): 廳堂／厅堂 (tīngtáng)

Derived terms

對簿公堂 / 对簿公堂 (duìbùgōngtáng)