厅

tīng

(reception) hall

living room; office; provincial government department

shelter (厂) + sound tīng (丁) = a hall or reception room

厂 depicts an overhanging cliff or open shelter, evoking a large covered space. 丁 contributes the tīng sound rather than any meaning.

厂+丁→厅
丁A common surnamePhonetic
厂Overhanging cliffSemantic

我们家的客厅很大,有很多阳光。

wǒ men jiā de kè tīng hěn dà, yǒu hěn duō yáng guāng。

Our home's living room is very big and gets a lot of sunlight.

这家餐厅的大厅可以容纳一百个人。

zhè jiā cān tīng de dà tīng kě yǐ róng nà yī bǎi gè rén。

The main hall of this restaurant can hold one hundred people.

Words with 厅

饭厅

fàn tīng

dining room

办公厅

bàn gōng tīng

general office

市政厅

shì zhèng tīng

city hall

厅长

tīng zhǎng

head of provincial PRC government department

会议厅

huì yì tīng

conference hall

过站大厅

guò zhàn dà tīng

transit lounge

门厅

mén tīng

entrance hall

离港大厅

lí gǎng dà tīng

departure lounge

音乐厅

yīn yuè tīng

concert hall

餐厅

cān tīng

dining hall

点视厅

diǎn shì tīng

hall where convicts are counted and verified

一房一厅

yī fáng yī tīng

one bedroom and one living room

More characters with 厂

产历厉厍严厣