HSK 6 · Places

亭子 tíngzi “pavilion” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 亭子 means

  1. pavilion

How to say 亭子

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale亭tíng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

亭子 in a sentence

  1. 公园里有一个小亭子。

    Gōngyuán lǐ yǒu yí ge xiǎo tíngzi.

    There is a small pavilion in the park.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 下雨了，我们在亭子里躲雨。

    Xiàyǔ le, wǒmen zài tíngzi lǐ duǒyǔ.

    It started raining, so we sheltered in the pavilion.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 亭子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 亭 (tíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
亭tíngpavilion
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 丁part of the character
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 亭子

亭 9 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

亭子 (tíngzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 亭子 (tíngzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 亭子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Places & Geography

山脉shānmài · mountain range省会shěnghuì · provincial capital寺庙sìmiào · temple塔tǎ · tower峡谷xiágǔ · canyon现场xiànchǎng · scene巷xiàng · lane乡镇xiāngzhèn · towns and villages

FAQs

亭子 (tíngzi) means “pavilion”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tíngzi: tíng with a 2nd tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 亭子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tingzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 亭子 from the suggestions. Typing tingzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
亭子 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.