堂
táng HSK2

hall

堂 táng
classifier for classes measure word
classifier for classes, lectures, or periods of instruction

我今天上午有三堂课。

wǒ jīn​tiān shàng​wǔ yǒu sān táng kè.

I have three classes this morning.

hall noun
main hall or a large room used for a specific purpose

他独自坐在正堂喝茶，等待客人的到来。

tā dú​zì zuò zài zhèng táng hē chá, děng​dài kè​rén de dào​lái.

He sat alone in the main hall drinking tea, waiting for the guests to arrive.

classifier for furniture measure word
classifier for sets of furniture

这堂红木家具非常昂贵。

zhè táng hóng​mù jiā​jù fēi​cháng áng​guì.

This set of mahogany furniture is very expensive.

paternal kinship measure word
relationship between cousins on the paternal side or belonging to the same clan

由于他们两家有堂亲关系，所以长得很像。

yóu​yú tā​men liǎng jiā yǒu táng qīn guān​xi, suǒ​yǐ zhǎng de hěn xiàng.

Because the two families are related as paternal cousins, they look very much alike.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
980th most common 167.3 per million
Movie subtitles
911th most common 123.3 per million appears in 39% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
16.2 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
36.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5802

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)