里 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn 分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 厂房 廠房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 教学楼 教學樓 jiào xué lóu school building / academic building 国泰民安 國泰民安 guó tài mín ān the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom) / peace and prosperity syn 封顶 封頂 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) 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 基本单位 基本單位 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block 秒 miǎo second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn 屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 进 進 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 syn 房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) syn 大楼 大樓 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct / building / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 地盘 地盤 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth syn 大厦 大廈 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) syn 房屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] syn 平台 平臺 píng tái platform / terrace / flat-roofed building syn 楼顶 樓頂 lóu dǐng top of a building 建筑物 建築物 jiàn zhù wù building / structure / edifice syn 金字塔 jīn zì tǎ pyramid (building or structure) 倒塌 dǎo tā to collapse (of building) / to topple over syn 楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn 顶层 頂層 dǐng céng top floor / the top of a building 混凝土 hùn níng tǔ concrete (building material) syn 地基 dì jī foundations (of a building) / base syn 塔楼 塔樓 tǎ lóu tower (of building) syn 公寓楼 公寓樓 gōng yù lóu apartment building / CL:座[zuo4] 楼房 樓房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 跳楼 跳樓 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) 修缮 修繕 xiū shàn to renovate / to repair (a building) syn 办公楼 辦公樓 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 坐落 zuò luò to be situated / to be located (of a building) syn 铁皮 鐵皮 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) syn 积木 積木 jī mù toy building blocks 改建 gǎi jiàn to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish syn 动工 動工 dòng gōng to start (a building project) syn 供暖 gōng nuǎn to supply heating (in a building) / heating 校舍 xiào shè school building 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 拆迁 拆遷 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants syn 建材 jiàn cái building materials 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn 偷工减料 偷工減料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work syn 楼道 樓道 lóu dào corridor / passageway (in storied building) 主楼 主樓 zhǔ lóu main building 扩建 擴建 kuò jiàn to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 活动房 活動房 huó dòng fáng prefabricated building / prefab 楼盘 樓盤 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent) 供热 供熱 gōng rè heating (for a building) / to supply heating 建筑业 建築業 jiàn zhù yè building industry 写字楼 寫字樓 xiě zì lóu office building 建筑群 建築群 jiàn zhù qún building complex 土木 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering syn 房舍 fáng shè house / building syn 座落 zuò luò to be situated / located at (of building) / also written 坐落[zuo4 luo4] syn 对门 對門 duì mén the building or room opposite syn 住宅楼 住宅樓 zhù zhái lóu residential building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 始建 shǐ jiàn to start building syn 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 破土 pò tǔ to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project syn 建档 建檔 jiàn dàng book building 楼宇 樓宇 lóu yǔ building syn 宿舍楼 宿舍樓 sù shè lóu dormitory building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] 砂浆 砂漿 shā jiāng mortar (building) syn 票证 票證 piào zhèng a ticket / a pass (e.g. to enter a building) syn 雕梁画栋 雕梁畫棟 diāo liáng huà dòng richly ornamented (building) syn 沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn 楼主 樓主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional) 建筑材料 jiàn zhù cái liào building material 邓小平理论 鄧小平理論 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 占地面积 占地面積 zhàn dì miàn ji floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) 层楼 層樓 céng lóu multistoried building / tower / pagoda 能力建设 néng lì jiàn shè capacity-building 楼阁 樓閣 lóu gé building / pavilion syn 四角 sì jiǎo the four corners (of a rectangle) / the eaves that the four corners of a building 提高认识 awareness-building 办公大楼 辦公大樓 bàn gōng dà lóu office building 高层建筑 高層建築 gāo céng jiàn zhù high-rise building / skyscraper 砌块 砌塊 qì kuài building block 楼台 樓臺 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance syn 规制 規制 guī zhì to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building) 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 汉白玉 漢白玉 hàn bái yù white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting 蒙恬 méng tián Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall 团队建设 tuán duì jiàn shè team building 支承 zhī chéng to support / to bear the weight of (a building) 板楼 板樓 bǎn lóu slab type building 屋宇 wū yǔ (literary) house / building syn 独栋 獨棟 dú dòng (of a building) detached 基坑 jī kēng foundation groove / trench for building foundation 