白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 餐厅 餐廳 cān tīng dining hall / dining room / restaurant / CL:間|间[jian1],家[jia1] syn 葬礼 葬禮 zàng lǐ burial / funeral 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] 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 殡仪馆 殯儀館 bìn yí guǎn the undertaker's / funeral parlor 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] 追悼会 追悼會 zhuī dào huì memorial service / funeral service 殿堂 diàn táng palace / hall / temple buildings syn 致辞 致辭 zhì cí to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词 syn 善后 善後 shàn hòu to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident) / funeral arrangements / reparations 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 后事 後事 hòu shì future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements syn 葬送 zàng sòng to hold a funeral procession and burial / to give sb a final send-off / (fig.) to ruin (one's future prospects etc) syn 会堂 會堂 huì táng meeting hall / assembly hall 丧礼 喪禮 sāng lǐ funeral 霍尔 霍爾 huò ěr Hall (name) 丧葬 喪葬 sāng zàng funeral / burial syn 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 丧事 喪事 sāng shì funeral arrangements syn 殡葬 殯葬 bìn zàng funeral and interment syn 展馆 展館 zhǎn guǎn exhibition hall / (expo) pavilion 出殡 出殯 chū bìn to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place / to hold a funeral syn 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 会馆 會館 huì guǎn provincial or county guild hall syn 送葬 sòng zàng to participate in funeral procession / to attend a burial syn 哭丧 哭喪 kū sāng to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed 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 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall / memorial hall syn 饭堂 飯堂 fàn táng dining hall / canteen / cafeteria syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 丧葬费 喪葬費 sāng zàng fèi funeral expenses 厅堂 廳堂 tīng táng hall syn 讲堂 講堂 jiǎng táng lecture hall / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] syn 奔丧 奔喪 bēn sāng to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent syn 治丧 治喪 zhì sāng to organize and carry out a funeral syn 正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 哀乐 哀樂 āi yuè funeral music / plaint / dirge 小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 祭文 jì wén funeral oration / eulogy / elegiac address 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 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) 天葬 tiān zàng sky burial (Tibetan funeral practice) 主祭 zhǔ jì to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral 挽联 挽聯 wǎn lián pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration 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 丧 喪 sāng mourning / funeral / (old) corpse syn 庙 廟 miào temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial syn 殿 diàn palace hall syn 国葬 國葬 guó zàng state funeral syn 丧假 喪假 sāng jià funeral leave 殡 殯 bìn a funeral / to encoffin a corpse / to carry to burial 吹鼓手 chuī gǔ shǒu (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster 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 祧 tiāo ancestral hall 赙 賻 fù to contribute to funeral expenses 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 輓 wǎn variant of 挽 / to draw (a cart) / an elegy (for use in funeral procession) / to turn (change direction) 赗 賵 fèng (literary) gift (of money etc) to a bereaved family / to contribute to funeral expenses 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 厚养薄葬 厚養薄葬 hòu yǎng bó zàng generous care but a thrifty funeral / to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral 薄养厚葬 薄養厚葬 bó yǎng hòu zàng to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral / hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly 送殡 送殯 sòng bìn to attend a funeral / to take part in a funeral procession syn 吃席 chī xí to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc) / (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb) 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] 出丧 出喪 chū sāng to hold a funeral procession 告别式 告別式 gào bié shì parting ceremony / funeral 哭丧棒 哭喪棒 kū sāng bàng mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety 