堂 táng

1. táng noun main hall; a large room
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '堂' 1; FE '堂' 1; Unihan '堂')
2. táng measure word set; session
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: A measure word for classes, 堂 is used for (1) sets of furniture and (2) educational classes (CCD '堂' 7; FE '堂' 7).
3. táng noun a court; a government office
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Government
   Notes: (CCD '堂' 3; FE '堂' 2; Unihan '堂')
4. táng noun a special purpose building
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Such as an auditorium (CCD '堂' 2)
5. táng noun a shrine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '堂' 4)
6. táng noun a polite way to refer to someone's mother
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '堂' 3)
7. táng noun an open area on a hill
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '堂' 4)
8. táng noun relatives of the same grandfather
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 堂哥 'elder male cousin' (FE '堂' 5)
9. táng adjective imposing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '堂' 6)
10. táng measure word team; group
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '堂' 8)
11. táng measure word measure word for classes or courses
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '堂' n 6)

Contained in

• 升堂入室 to reach the main room and enter the chamber; to gradually attain proficiency
• 庙堂(廟堂) imperial ancestral temple; imperial court; temple
• 圣母教堂(聖母教堂) Church of Our Lady / Frauenkirche
• 堂哥 older male patrilineal cousin
• 座堂 cathedral
• 威斯敏斯特教堂 Westminster Abbey, London
• 堂弟 younger male patrilineal cousin
• 公堂 a law court ; a school
• 堂房 remote relatives
• 欢聚一堂(歡聚一堂) to gather happily under one roof
• 满堂彩(滿堂彩) everyone present applauds; universal acclaim; a standing ovation; to bring the house down
• 堂弟妹 wife of younger male cousin via male line; younger cousins via male line
• 堂堂 grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance
• 堂前 parents ; lobby; room in front of the main hall
• 打退堂鼓 to beat the return drum; to give up; to turn tail
• 厅堂(廳堂) a hall
• 堂堂正正 displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square
• 天堂 heaven ; paradise ; a position on the forehead in fortune telling
• 堂姐夫 husband of older female cousin via male line
• 堂而皇之 overt; to make no secret (of one's presence); grandiose; with great scope
• 金玉满堂(金玉滿堂) a house full of gold and jade
• 会堂(會堂) meeting hall; assembly hall
• 富丽堂皇(富麗堂皇) sumptuous mansions; splendorous and majestic
• 圣索非亚大教堂(聖索非亞大教堂) Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
• 令尊令堂 (honorific) your parents
• 讲堂(講堂) a lecture hall
• 堂妹夫 husband of younger female cousin via male line
• 客堂 a reception hall; a room to meet guests; a parlor
• 大教堂 cathedral
• 家累千金，坐不垂堂 a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves; a rich man does not expose himself to danger
• 混出名堂 to make it; to be somebody
• 开堂(開堂) to open a law court; to set up a mourning hall
• 同堂 to live under the same roof (of different generations)
• 堂侄(堂姪) nephew by the male line
• 哄堂大笑 the whole room roaring with laughter
• 堂倌 waiter; attendant
• 有不少名堂 there is a lot to it; not a straightforward matter
• 冠冕堂皇 high-sounding; dignified; pompous
• 满堂灌(滿堂灌) cramming (as a teaching method); rote learning
• 印堂 nose bridge between the eyebrows
• 礼堂(禮堂) assembly hall; auditorium ; a hall for studying etiquette

Also contained in

金堂县 、 同仁堂 、 林语堂 、 马尾水师学堂 、 人民大会堂 、 中山堂 、 任天堂 、 金堂 、 菴堂 、 教堂山

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二十二 志第二: 禮儀二 Volume 22 Treatises 2: Rites 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 138
• 卷一百〇一 志第五十四 禮四 Volume 101 Treatises 54: Rites 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 117
• 卷九 志第一 禮上 Volume 9 Treatises 1: Rituals 1 Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 92
• 卷49　列傳第14 牛弘 Volume 49 Biographies 14: Niu Hong Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 76
• 卷七十二　列傳第六十:　　高熲 牛弘 李德林 Volume 72 Biographies 60: Gao Jiong, Niu Hong, Li Delin History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 73
• 卷68　列傳第33 宇文愷 閻毗 何稠 Volume 68 Biographies 33: Yu Wenkai, Yan Pi, He Chou Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 56
• 卷九十九 志第七十五 藝文四 Volume 99 Treatises 75: Arts and Literature 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 55
• 卷六十　　列傳第四十八:　李弼 宇文貴 侯莫陳崇 王雄 Volume 60 Biographies 48: Li Bi, Yu Wengui, Houmo Chenchong, Wang Xiong History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 54
• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 50
• 卷一百三十 志第八十三 樂五 Volume 130 Treatises 83: Music 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 48

Collocations

• 升堂 (升堂) 攝齊升堂 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 10. 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang — count: 43
• 堂西 (堂西) 三耦俟于堂西 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 36
• 堂上 (堂上) 柩在堂上 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 35
• 明堂 (明堂) 祀文王於明堂也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧清廟之什‧我將 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Qing Miao - Wo Jiang — count: 31
• 适堂 (適堂) 司射適堂西 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 20
• 在堂 (在堂) 蟋蟀在堂 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧蟋蟀 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Xi Shuai — count: 13
• 北堂 (北堂) 婦洗在北堂 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 8
• 不下堂 (不下堂) 不見傅母不下堂 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 8
• 室堂 (室堂) 灑掃室堂及庭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — count: 7
• 西堂 (西堂) 立于西堂 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge — count: 7