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 宫殿 宮殿 gōng diàn palace / CL:座[zuo4] syn 观 觀 guàn Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform 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 皇宫 皇宮 huáng gōng imperial palace syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 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] 宫女 宮女 gōng nǚ palace maid / CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] syn 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 内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 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 长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2] 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 王宫 王宮 wáng gōng imperial palace syn 太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch / palace eunuch syn 会堂 會堂 huì táng meeting hall / assembly hall 总统府 總統府 zǒng tǒng fǔ presidential palace 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 状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 会馆 會館 huì guǎn provincial or county guild hall syn 法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn 进士 進士 jìn shì successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination / palace graduate 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 金碧辉煌 金碧輝煌 jīn bì huī huáng gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom) / fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace) syn 紫禁城 zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1] 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall / memorial hall syn 水晶宫 水晶宮 shuǐ jīng gōng The Crystal Palace syn 饭堂 飯堂 fàn táng dining hall / canteen / cafeteria syn 灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall / funeral hall 仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn 凡尔赛宫 凡爾賽宮 fán ěr sài gōng the Palace of Versailles, France 少年宫 少年宮 shào nián gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities 独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn 厅堂 廳堂 tīng táng hall syn 月宫 月宮 yuè gōng Palace in the Moon (in folk tales) 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 南天门 南天門 nán tiān mén South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace 小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 故宫 故宮 gù gōng former imperial palace 人民大会堂 人民大會堂 rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing) 进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace / (slang) to go to jail 中南海 zhōng nán hǎi Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council 宝殿 寶殿 bǎo diàn king's palace / throne hall 内参 內參 nèi cān restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考|内部参考) / (literary) palace eunuch syn 龙宫 龍宮 lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea syn 玄关 玄關 xuán guān entrance hall / vestibule 颐和园 頤和園 yí hé yuán Summer Palace in Beijing 布达拉宫 布達拉宮 bù dá lā gōng Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet 文化宫 文化宮 wén huà gōng cultural palace syn 楹联 楹聯 yíng lián couplet (hung on the columns of a hall) syn 故宫博物院 故宮博物院 gù gōng bó wù yuàn Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei 地宫 地宮 dì gōng underground palace (as part of imperial tomb) 禁卫 禁衛 jìn wèi defense of the imperial palace or of the capital / the palace guard (or a member of that unit) 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 宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid / imperial secretary (old) 高堂 gāo táng main hall / honorific for one's parents (old) 离宫 離宮 lí gōng detached palace / imperial villa 阿房宫 阿房宮 ē páng gōng Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1] 阿房宫 阿房宮 ē fáng gōng Efang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 pang2 Gong1] 宫阙 宮闕 gōng què palace syn 白金汉宫 白金漢宮 bái jīn hàn gōng Buckingham Palace 衙内 衙內 yá nèi child of an official / palace bodyguard syn 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 宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale 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 廷 tíng palace courtyard syn 魏 wèi tower over a palace gateway (old) 勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined syn 闱 闈 wéi door to women's room / gate to palace 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 蟾宫折桂 蟾宮折桂 chán gōng zhé guì lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination syn 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 爱丽舍宫 愛麗捨宮 ài lì shě gōng Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic 庑 廡 wǔ small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda 