堂[táng]

名

1. the main room of a house

♦ 堂屋

2. a hall (or room) for a specific purpose

♦ 课堂

♦ 食堂

3. 旧 court of law; a principal hall in a yamen

4. relationship between cousins, etc. of the same paternal grandfather or great-grandfather

♦ ~兄弟 (male) cousins on the paternal side; cousins

量(for furniture, classes, and in old use for trials)

♦ 每天上四~课 have four classes every day

♦ 过了两~ have been through two sessions (of a trial)