"Building" • Chinese-English Dictionary

DICTIONARY OPTIONS
CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional
PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale
» Search by Radical
 jiàn zhù to construct / building / CL:個|个[ge4]
 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4]
 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
 jiàn zhù wù building / structure / edifice
 lóu yǔ building
 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering
 lóu gé building / pavilion
 fáng shè house / building
 wū yǔ (literary) house / building
 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss
 guǎn building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL:家[jia1]
 zhāi to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk)
 píng tái platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional)
 dà shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 / Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 / Empire State Building etc)
 jiàn cái building materials
 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats / CL:套[tao4]
 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent)
 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
 xiě zì lóu office building
 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
 kuò jiàn to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
 jiàn zhù cái liào building material
 Dèng Xiǎo píng Lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control
 zhàn dì miàn ji floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc)
 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4]
 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
 dòng gōng to start (a building project)
 jiàn zhù yè building industry
 céng lóu multistoried building / tower / pagoda
 lóu dǐng top of a building
 jiào xué lóu teaching block / school building
 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
宿 sù shè lóu dormitory building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
 dǐng céng top floor / the top of a building
 xiào shè school building
 sì jiǎo the four corners (of a rectangle) / the eaves that the four corners of a building
 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
 jī mù toy building blocks
 jiàn zhù qún building complex
 bàn gōng dà lóu office building
 zhǔ lóu main building
 zhù zhái lóu residential building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
 gāo céng jiàn zhù high-rise building / skyscraper
 pò tǔ to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project
 qì kuài building block
 duì mén the building or room opposite
 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance
 jiàn dàng book building
 jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
 gōng yù lóu apartment building / CL:座[zuo4]
 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building
 hàn bái yù white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
 Méng Tián Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 / and building the great wall
 tuán duì jiàn shè team building
 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block
 bǎn lóu slab type building
 shǐ jiàn to start building
 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife
 jī kēng foundation groove / trench for building foundation
 kuǎ tā to collapse (of building, dam or bridge)
 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building
 huó dòng fáng prefabricated building / prefab
 lóu yǔ zì dòng huà building automation
 chǎo dì pí to speculate in building land
怀 Huái rén táng Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP
 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
 zhǐ foundation of a building (variant of 址[zhi3]) / islet (variant of 沚[zhi3])
 shà tall building / mansion / rear annex / lean-to / also pr. [xia4]
 yàn què xiàng hè lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom) / fig. to congratulate sb on completion of a building project / congratulations on your new house!
 huá wū qiū xū magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom) / fig. all one's plans in ruins
 yún chuāng wù kǎn cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom) / tall building with the windows in the clouds
 jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
 tiān zhuān jiā wǎ lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help
 gāo lóu dà shà tall building
 wēi lóu dangerous housing / building that is about to collapse
 tiān tī stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator
 hóng bǎo Red Fort (historic building in Delhi, India)
 huó dòng fáng wū prefabricated building / prefab / mobile home / caravan / trailer
 lián bāng dà lóu federal building
 Niǔ yuē Dì guó Dà shà Empire State Building
 zhì néng dà lóu intelligent building
 Kè ěr bái Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca
 gōng yù dà lóu apartment building
 Zhōu Wén wáng King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king
 táng lóu tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China)
 wéi hù jié gòu building envelope
 zài qiáo liáng gōng dì shàng At the bridge building site, 1956 novel by Liu Binyan 劉賓雁|刘宾雁
 duō céng dà shà multistory building
 fēng dǐng yí shì ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
 jiàn wū hù zhù huì building society (finance)
 kāng empty space inside a building
 xiāng inner lining of wooden utensils / component beam used in building construction / species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old)
 qì lóu small ventilation tower on roof of building
 qīng chāi hù demolition of homes / to destroy homes (for new building projects)
 shū sàn cuò shī evacuation / measures to evacuate a building in an emergency
Chinese Tones