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 céng lóu multistoried building / tower / pagoda
 yì lì to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing)
 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building)
 tǎ lóu tower (of building)
 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance
 gāo tǎ tower / CL:座[zuo4]
 lu:4 to rise sharply / to tower
 yáo high / steep / to tower
 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
 gǔ lóu a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
 sǒng lì to stand tall / to tower aloft
 chéng lóu city gate tower
 zhōng lóu bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
 tiě tǎ iron tower
 xiàng yá tǎ ivory tower
 shuǐ tǎ water tower
 lěng què tǎ cooling tower
 zhōng liú dǐ zhù mainstay / cornerstone / tower of strength
 diàn shì tǎ TV tower
 tiào tái diving platform / diving tower / landing platform
 Fàn Zhòng yān Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记
 qiáo tóu bǎo bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
 tǎ diào tower crane
 xié tǎ leaning tower
 tǎ tái control tower
 shè lì tǎ stupa / tower venerating the ashes of the Buddha
 Yuè yáng lóu jì On Yueyang Tower (1045), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]
 liǎo wàng tǎ observation tower / watch tower
 gǎng lòu watchtower / observation tower / police booth
 liào wàng tái observation tower / lookout tower
 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle
 wèi tower over a palace gateway (old)
 qiáo drum tower
 dū tower over a city gate
 qīng tíng hàn shí zhù lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom) / fig. to overestimate one's capabilities
 Aì fēi ěr Tiě tǎ Eiffel Tower
 Bā bié tǎ Tower of Babel, in Genesis 11:5-foll.
 Aī fēi ěr Tiě tǎ Eiffel Tower
 Huáng hè Lóu Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
 Yuè yáng Lóu Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2] / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
 Fó xiāng gé Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing
 xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 / by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]
 Kè zī ěr gǎ hā Kizilgaha (Uighur: red-mouthed crow or border sentry), site of famous fire beacon tower and cliff caves in Kuchar county 庫車|库车, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
 Kè zī ěr gǎ hā fēng huǒ tái Kizilgaha fire beacon tower in Kuchar county 庫車|库车, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
 Běi tǎ North tower / Beita district of Shaoyang city 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 shi4], Hunan
 Běi tǎ qū North tower district / Beita district of Shaoyang city 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 shi4], Hunan
 diào tǎ a tower crane
 Tiān jīn Huán qiú Jīn róng Zhōng xīn Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower / abbr. to 津塔[Jin1 ta3]
 fēng huǒ tái fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
 Cuī Hào Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼
 jué lì to tower over / rising (to a dominant position)
 Yuè yáng Lóu qū Yueyang Tower district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳[Yue4 yang2], Hunan
 dí tái defensive tower / lookout tower / enemy radio station
 gēng lóu watch tower / drum tower marking night watches
 mù tǎ wooden pagoda / wooden tower, turret, minaret etc
 Dōng jīng tǎ Tokyo Tower
 Dōng fāng Míng zhū Tǎ Oriental Pearl Tower
 Dōng fāng Míng zhū Diàn shì Tǎ Oriental Pearl Television Tower
 bǎn shì tǎ distillation tower / bubble tower / plate column
 lóu lǔ watch tower / movable battlefield turret
 Bǐ sà Xié tǎ Leaning Tower of Pisa
 qì lóu small ventilation tower on roof of building
 pào zhào tǎ distillation tower / bubble tower / plate column
 Jīn tǎ Jin Tower / abbr. for 天津環球金融中心|天津环球金融中心[Tian1 jin1 Huan2 qiu2 Jin1 rong2 Zhong1 xin1] Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower
 Téng wáng Gé Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei
 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
 liú lí tǎ glazed tile pagoda / glazed tower of minaret
 Chì kǎn lóu Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2])
 Chì kǎn lóu Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁樓|赤崁楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2])
 Jīn mào Dà shà Jin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai
 wàng lóu watchtower / lookout tower
 tián liào tǎ packed column / packed tower
-硫  water-hydrogen sulphide exchange tower
 guǎn zhì tǎ control tower
 pán shì tǎ tray tower / tray column / plate column
 tǎ nèi gòu jiàn tower internals
&mdash ān mdash;qīng jiāo huàn tǎ ammonia-hydrogen exchange tower
 qín wù tǎ jià servicing tower
 jìng huà tǎ scavenging tower
便线  portable antenna tower
  vacuum distillation tower / heavy water upgrade column
  vacuum distillation tower / heavy water upgrade column
 huǒ jiàn tǎ jià service structure / gantry / service tower
  observation tower / watch tower
  bubble tower
  guyed tower
线  radio tower
 tóu tǎ dice tower
 diàn tǎ electricity pylon / transmission tower
 jū mín lóu apartment building / residential tower
 liào wàng tǎ watchtower / observation tower
 gǎng lóu watchtower / observation tower / police booth
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