táng
hào

noun
traditional
culture
history

Meaning of 堂号

堂号 means name of a clan hall; family or branch designation used in traditional Chinese culture. Pronounced táng hào.

  • name of a clan hall; family or branch designation used in traditional Chinese culture

Definitions & Examples

men
jiā
de
táng
hào
shì
 "
Lǒng
西
Shì
 "
 

Our clan's hall name is "Longxi Li Family."

Jiù
shí
jiā
cháng
yòng
táng
hào
lái
fēn
tóng
de
zhī
 

In old times, large families often used hall names to distinguish different branches.

Zhè
zuò
táng
de
táng
hào
zài
zhe
jiā
de
shǐ
 

The hall name of this ancestral temple records the family's history.

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