客厅 (kètīng) · living room

客厅 (kètīng) means “living room; sitting room”. It is written with 2 characters: 客 (guest) + 厅 (hall). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

How 客厅 is built

The characters

客 kè · guest

What 客 is made of

宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
各gè — individual
- 夂zhǐ — to go
  - 丿 — falling stroke
  - 又yòu — and
- 口kǒu — mouth
  - 冂 — frame
  - 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A person 各 welcomed under one's roof 宀; 各 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

厅 tīng · hall

What 厅 is made of

厂chǎng — cliff
丁dīng — male adult

Example sentences

我们在客厅看电视。Wǒmen zài kètīng kàn diànshì.We're watching TV in the living room.

你家的客厅真大！Nǐ jiā de kètīng zhēn dà!Your living room is so big!

Questions about 客厅

What does 客厅 mean?

客厅 (kètīng) means “living room; sitting room”.

How do you pronounce 客厅?

客厅 is pronounced kètīng.

Which HSK level is 客厅?

客厅 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 4.

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It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 26: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.

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