凉棚

涼棚

liángpéng

noun #65,767

Measure Word

一个凉棚 gè

Meanings

1 mat awning
2 arbor
3 shaded shelter

Characters

Examples

夏天大家在凉棚下喝茶聊天。

Xiàtiān dàjiā zài liángpéng xià hē chá liáotiān.

In summer everyone sits under the awning chatting and drinking tea.

院子里搭了一个凉棚。

Yuànzi lǐ dāle yí ge liángpéng.

An arbor has been set up in the courtyard.

Tips

memory

凉 'cool' + 棚 'shed/canopy' = a canopy you build to keep cool. Traditional 凉棚 are mat-and-bamboo structures put up in summer over courtyards or shopfronts.

Stroke Order

凉 liáng

棚 péng