公堂

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	(main) hall; large room
trad. (公堂)		公	堂
simp. #(公堂)		公	堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngtáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ tong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-tòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-tn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ deng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngtáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongtáng
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: gūng-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongtarng
    • Palladius: гунтан (guntan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ tong⁴
    • Yale: gūng tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-tòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ dong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ dong²
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ toŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongd'ngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ deng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong tṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ tɯŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

公堂

1. (law) court; court of law; tribunal
2. hall (for holding meetings, concerts, receiving guests, etc.)

Synonyms

• (court):

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• 仲裁庭 (zhòngcáitíng) (tribunal)
• 公庭 (gōngtíng) (archaic)
• 法庭 (fǎtíng)
• 法院 (fǎyuàn)

 

• (hall): 廳堂／厅堂 (tīngtáng)

Derived terms

• 對簿公堂／对簿公堂 (duìbùgōngtáng)