荷塘

hétáng

noun

Measure Word

一个荷塘 gè

Meanings

1 lotus pond

Characters

Examples

夏夜的荷塘月色格外迷人。

Xià yè de hétáng yuèsè géwài mírén.

The moonlit lotus pond on a summer night is especially enchanting.

荷塘里的青蛙叫个不停。

Hétáng lǐ de qīngwā jiào ge bù tíng.

The frogs in the lotus pond keep croaking nonstop.

Tips

culture

Famously the subject of 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing)'s 1927 essay 《荷塘月色》 ('Moonlight on the Lotus Pond'), a staple of Chinese middle-school textbooks. The phrase 荷塘月色 on its own evokes that lyrical, slightly melancholic atmosphere.

Stroke Order

荷 hé

塘 táng