客厅

客厅 kètīng

Living room; sitting room†

客厅 in a sentence HSK 4 繁體 客廳 keting

What 客厅 means

  1. Living room; sitting room†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 客厅, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

客厅 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

客
kè
Visitor (guest - customer - polite)
厅
tīng
Hall (office)

How to write 客厅

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客厅 in a sentence

客人在客厅等你。
Kèrén zài kètīng děng nǐ.
The guest is waiting for you in the living room.
我们家的客厅不太大。
Wǒmen jiā de kètīng bú tài dà.
Our living room is not very big.

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Questions about 客厅

What does 客厅 mean in English?

客厅 is pronounced kètīng and means Living room; sitting room †.

How do you pronounce 客厅?

客厅 is kètīng in pinyin — written keting without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 客厅?

客厅 is written with 2 characters: 客 (kè) Visitor (guest - customer - polite), 厅 (tīng) Hall (office). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 客厅 written in traditional Chinese?

客廳. The simplified form 客厅 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 客廳 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced kètīng.

Is 客厅 an HSK word?

Yes — 客厅 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

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