大教堂

dàjiàotáng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 cathedral
  2. 2 basilica

Examples

HSK 5
Chéngshì zhōngxīn yǒu yí zuò hěn gǔlǎo de dàjiàotáng.
There's a very old cathedral in the city center.
HSK 7-9
Bālí Shèngmǔyuàn shì yí zuò gētèshì dàjiàotáng, qiánhòu jiàn le jiāngjìn liǎngbǎi nián.
Notre-Dame de Paris is a Gothic cathedral that took nearly two hundred years to build.

Tips

usage
Chinese uses it for any great church, whether or not a bishop has his seat there, and in names it covers basilicas too: 圣彼得大教堂 (St Peter's Basilica), 圣马可大教堂 (St Mark's Basilica), 科隆大教堂 (Cologne Cathedral). An ordinary church is 教堂.

Stroke Order

大 dà
教 jiāo
堂 táng