客堂

kètáng

noun

Measure Word

一间客堂 jiān

Meanings

1 (old-fashioned) reception room
2 parlor
3 main living room of a traditional house

Characters

hall, main room

Examples

客人到了，请到客堂里坐。

Kèrén dào le, qǐng dào kètáng lǐ zuò.

The guests have arrived; please come sit in the parlor.

老房子的客堂里挂着祖先的画像。

Lǎo fángzi de kètáng lǐ guà zhe zǔxiān de huàxiàng.

Portraits of the ancestors hang in the parlor of the old house.

Tips

register

Older usage, evocative of traditional courtyard houses (四合院) and Republican-era homes. The modern equivalents are 客厅 (kètīng, 'living room') and 接待室 (jiēdàishì, 'reception room').

Stroke Order

客 kè

堂 táng