gōng tíng
court (of king or emperor)
cháo tíng
court
imperial household
dynasty
Qīng tíng
the Qing court (as government of China)
Xiè Cháng tíng
Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005
jiào tíng
the Papacy
the Vatican
the Church government
Holy See
Luó mǎ jiào tíng
the Church (as Royal Court)
the Holy See
the Vatican
Zhāng Tíng yù
Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]
Xī sī tíng
Sistine (Chapel)
also written 西斯汀
Wǔ Tíng fāng
Wu Tingfang (1842-1922), diplomat and lawyer
Bào luó tíng
Borodin (name)
Alexander Porfirevich Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer
Tíng bù
Thimphu, capital of Bhutan
tíng shì
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
Lù Róng tíng
Lu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently leader of old Guangxi warlord faction
Tíng bā kè tú
Timbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)
jiào tíng dà shǐ
an ambassador of the church
an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican)
nèi tíng
place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
tíng wèi
Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
Jiào tíng
the Papacy
the Vatican
the Church government
Holy See