餐厅 餐廳 cān tīng dining hall / dining room / restaurant / CL:間|间[jian1],家[jia1] syn 大厅 大廳 dà tīng hall / concourse / public lounge / (hotel) lobby syn 舞厅 舞廳 wǔ tīng dance hall / ballroom / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 市政厅 市政廳 shì zhèng tīng city hall 市政府 shì zhèng fǔ city hall / city government 包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn 食堂 shí táng dining hall / cafeteria / CL:個|个[ge4],間|间[jian1] syn 礼堂 禮堂 lǐ táng assembly hall / auditorium / CL:座[zuo4] 殿堂 diàn táng palace / hall / temple buildings syn 纪念馆 紀念館 jì niàn guǎn memorial hall / commemorative museum 门厅 門廳 mén tīng entrance hall / vestibule 音乐厅 音樂廳 yīn yuè tīng concert hall / auditorium 饭厅 飯廳 fàn tīng dining room / dining hall / mess hall syn 会堂 會堂 huì táng meeting hall / assembly hall 霍尔 霍爾 huò ěr Hall (name) 舞场 舞場 wǔ chǎng dance hall syn 宴会厅 宴會廳 yàn huì tīng ballroom / banqueting hall syn 纪念堂 紀念堂 jì niàn táng memorial hall / mausoleum 展览馆 展覽館 zhǎn lǎn guǎn exhibition hall 展馆 展館 zhǎn guǎn exhibition hall / (expo) pavilion 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 会馆 會館 huì guǎn provincial or county guild hall syn 歌厅 歌廳 gē tīng karaoke hall / singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs) 公堂 gōng táng law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家[jia1] syn 佛经 佛經 fó jīng Buddhist texts / Buddhist scripture syn 会议厅 會議廳 huì yì tīng conference hall 济济一堂 濟濟一堂 jǐ jǐ yī táng to congregate in one hall (idiom) / to gather under one roof syn 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall / memorial hall syn 饭堂 飯堂 fàn táng dining hall / canteen / cafeteria syn 佛学 佛學 fó xué Buddhist doctrine / Buddhist studies 灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall / funeral hall 厅堂 廳堂 tīng táng hall syn 讲堂 講堂 jiǎng táng lecture hall / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] syn 正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 香客 xiāng kè Buddhist pilgrim / Buddhist worshipper 小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 人民大会堂 人民大會堂 rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing) 宝殿 寶殿 bǎo diàn king's palace / throne hall 玄关 玄關 xuán guān entrance hall / vestibule 楹联 楹聯 yíng lián couplet (hung on the columns of a hall) syn 须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 北京人民大会堂 北京人民大會堂 běi jīng rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People in Beijing 大会堂 大會堂 dà huì táng General Assembly Hall syn 高堂 gāo táng main hall / honorific for one's parents (old) 过堂 過堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall syn 禅机 禪機 chán jī Buddhist allegorical word or gesture / subtleties of Buddhist doctrine syn 佛典 fó diǎn Buddhist scriptures / Buddhist classics 太和殿 tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2] 中正纪念堂 中正紀念堂 zhōng zhèng jì niàn táng Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei 庭 tíng main hall / front courtyard / law court syn 堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 厅 廳 tīng (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department syn 庙 廟 miào temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial syn 殿 diàn palace hall syn 不登大雅之堂 bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined 怀仁堂 懷仁堂 huái rén táng Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP 偈 jì Buddhist hymn / gatha / Buddhist verse 庑 廡 wǔ small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda 祧 tiāo ancestral hall 丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery syn 雕塑 diāo sù a statue / a Buddhist image / sculpture / to carve 长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk syn 金刚 金剛 jīn gāng diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography) syn 和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk syn 佛祖 fó zǔ Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect 觉悟 覺悟 jué wù to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) syn 佛教徒 fó jiào tú Buddhist 天竺 tiān zhú the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) 尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun syn 苦海 kǔ hǎi lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery syn 飞天 飛天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art) 顿悟 頓悟 dùn wù a flash of realization / the truth in a flash / a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist) syn 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 佛像 fó xiàng Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva / CL:尊[zun1], 張|张[zhang1] syn 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn 沙门 沙門 shā mén monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk syn 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 醍醐灌顶 醍醐灌頂 tí hú guàn dǐng lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom) / fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom / flawless Buddhist teaching syn 取经 取經 qǔ jīng to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience 念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture syn 住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk syn 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 衣钵 衣缽 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle 禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk syn 法衣 fǎ yī robe of a Buddhist priest / ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest / robe of a judge, nun, priest etc / cassock / vestment syn 道场 道場 dào chǎng Taoist or Buddhist rite / abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3] syn 佛法 fó fǎ Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine syn 布施 bù shī Dana (Buddhist practice of giving) syn 方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn 佛寺 fó sì Buddhist temple syn 剃度 tì dù to take the tonsure / to shave the head / tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk) syn 石窟 shí kū rock cave / grotto / cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) 古刹 古剎 gǔ chà old Buddhist temple 舍利 shè lì ashes after cremation / Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira) 佛家 fó jiā Buddhism / Buddhist 三昧 sān mèi Samadhi (Buddhist term) syn 三藏 sān zàng Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries 佛爷 佛爺 fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn 法号 法號 fǎ hào name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) 