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"ancestral hall" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall / memorial hall syn
祧 tiāo ancestral hall
祠庙 祠廟 cí miào ancestral hall / temple to one's forebears
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved 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
宗庙 宗廟 zōng miào temple / ancestral shrine 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
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
原籍 yuán jí ancestral home (town) / birthplace syn
饭堂 飯堂 fàn táng dining hall / canteen / cafeteria syn
祖籍 zǔ jí ancestral hometown / original domicile (and civil registration) syn
灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall / funeral hall
祖坟 祖墳 zǔ fén ancestral tomb syn
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
庙堂 廟堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple syn
小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4]
神位 shén wèi spirit tablet / ancestral tablet syn
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
宗室 zōng shì imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine syn
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
禅院 禪院 chán yuàn Buddhist hall
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
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
籍 jí (bound form) book / record / register / (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records / (bound form) membership syn
穆 mù solemn / reverent / calm / burial position in an ancestral tomb (old) / old variant of 默
殿 diàn palace hall syn
传宗接代 傳宗接代 chuán zōng jiē dài to carry on one's ancestral line syn
叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. 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
庑 廡 wǔ small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda
寿堂 壽堂 shòu táng mourning hall / a hall for a birthday celebration
开堂 開堂 kāi táng to open a law court / to set up a mourning hall
禘 dì imperial ancestral sacrifice
礿 yuè spring imperial ancestral sacrifice
砫 zhǔ ancestral tablet
宾客盈门 賓客盈門 bīn kè yíng mén guests filled the hall (idiom) / a house full of distinguished visitors
金玉满堂 金玉滿堂 jīn yù mǎn táng lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge syn
Rubb Hall 塑料大棚 Rubb Hall sù liào dài péng Rubb Hall
白虎观 白虎觀 bái hǔ guàn White Tiger Hall, a Han dynasty palace hall in which the famous Virtuous Discussions Held in White Tiger Hall 白虎通德論|白虎通德论 were held under the aegis of Han Emperor Zhang 漢章帝|汉章帝
宗祠 zōng cí ancestral temple / clan hall syn
大雄宝殿 大雄寶殿 dà xióng bǎo diàn Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄[da4 xiong2]
祊 bēng side altar inside ancestral temple
禴 yuè spring imperial ancestral sacrifice
血祭 xuè jì blood sacrifice / animal sacrifice (to a God or ancestral spirit)
谒访 謁訪 yè fǎng to pay one's respects / to visit (ancestral grave)
谒陵之旅 謁陵之旅 yè líng zhī lǚ visit to ancestral tomb
贯气 貫氣 guàn qì (feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves / to confer a beneficial influence
谱氏 譜氏 pǔ shì family tree / ancestral records
恋念 戀念 liàn niàn to have a sentimental attachment to (a place) / to miss (one's ancestral home etc) / to be nostalgic about
树高千丈，叶落归根 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
郡望 jùn wàng choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎[Han2 Chang1li2], where 韓|韩[Han2] is his surname and 昌黎[Chang1li2] is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡[jun4].)
祖茔 祖塋 zǔ yíng ancestral tomb syn
本贯 本貫 běn guàn ancestral home / domicile of origin
祖宅 zǔ zhái ancestral house
祖屋 zǔ wū ancestral house
廎 qǐng room / small hall
霍尔县 霍爾縣 huò ěr xiàn Hall
王国聚会所 王國聚會所 wáng guó jù huì suǒ Kingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses)
熊猫馆 熊貓館 xióng māo guǎn panda exhibition hall
偏殿 piān diàn side palace hall / side chamber
到达大厅 到達大廳 dào dá dà tīng arrival hall
堂庑 堂廡 táng wǔ side room of a hall
大灶 dà zào large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged)
屈原纪念馆 屈原紀念館 qū yuán jì niàn guǎn Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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