Chinese Word: 庑 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

庑 (Trad.: 廡)Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 广

Pictophonetic:无 indicates the sound; 广 (house) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 广 [ guǎng ] broad, vast, wide; building, house
- 无 [ wú ] no, not; lacking, -less

Similar Characters: 庲

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Pinyin: wú

English Definition:variant of 芜

Example Words:

variant of 繁芜

Pinyin: wǔ

English Definition:small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda

Chinese Definition:
①堂下周围的走廊、廊屋：廊庑。庑殿。

Example Words:

	廊庑	láng wǔ	portico; stoa; colonnade
	堂庑	táng wǔ	side room of a hall

1		wēi é 巍峨 hòu gōng 后宫， nǎi shì 乃是 zhòng yán 重檐 wú diàn dǐng 庑殿顶 shì 式 jiàn zhù 建筑。 Towering succedent houses, but double-hipped roof top architecture;
2		zhèng diàn 正殿 zhǔ lóu 主楼 de 的 dōng xi 东西 liǎng miàn 两面 yǒu 有 hán 含 fāng 芳 gé 阁 hé 和 chuò 缀 jǐn gé 锦阁， sān 三 zuò 座 jiàn zhù 建筑 yǐ 以 yóu láng 游廊 xiāng lián 相连， bìng 并 yǔ 与 qián tíng 前庭 de 的 liǎng 两 wú 庑 xiāng jiē 相接。 The principal hall flanked by Hanfang Pavilion and Zhuijin Pavilion connecting each other via a corridor, links with the two verandas in the fore-court.
3		cháng líng 长陵， shì 是 míng cháo 明朝 dì sān 第三 wèi 位 huáng dì 皇帝 míng chéng zǔ 明成祖 zhū dì 朱棣 de 的 líng qǐn 陵寝， qí zhōng 其中 de 的 jiǔ 九 jiān 间 zhòng yán 重檐 wú diàn 庑殿， shì 是 zhōng guó 中国 mù qián 目前 děng jí 等级 zuì gāo 最高 de 的 diàn yǔ 殿宇。 Chang Ling is the tomb of the third Ming emperor, Chengzu. The main chamber, with 9 double-eave hip roofs, represents the pinnacle of the Chinese hierarchical system.