堂

堂 [táng] 名

1. ■ （某种活动用房） hall; room:

佛堂 family hall for worshipping Buddha;

课堂 classroom;

教堂 church;

礼堂 assembly hall; auditorium

2. ■ （旧时指官府中举行仪式、审案的地方） courtroom:

公堂 law court; tribunal;

升堂 open court session;

过堂 have a hearing; be tried

3. ■ （用于商店牌号） the name of a shop; shop sign:

同仁堂 Tongren Drugstore

4. ■ （象征家族主室的厅堂; 正房） hall as symbol of main houses in family system; principal rooms:

拜堂 wedding ceremony in the hall;

四世同堂 four generations living together; four generations under the same roof

5. ■ （堂房） relationship between cousins, etc. of the same paternal grandfather or great-grandfather; of the same clan:

堂兄弟姊妹 cousins (on the paternal side)

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一堂家具 a suite of furniture;

两堂课 two classes; two teaching periods