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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tīngtáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥㄊㄤˊ
  - 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

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)
department in a large government organization (such as a ministry); office
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.