了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn 国 國 guó country / nation / state / (bound form) national syn 而 ér and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) syn 着 著 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state syn 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 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 呢 ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn 具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies syn 国家 國家 guó jiā country / nation / state / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn 状态 狀態 zhuàng tài condition / state / state of affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 起来 起來 qi lai (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5] syn 表示 biǎo shì (of sb) to express / to state / to show / (of sth) to indicate / to signify / to show / expression / manifestation syn 条件 條件 tiáo jiàn condition / circumstance / term / factor / requirement / prerequisite / qualification / situation / state / condition / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct / building / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 说道 說道 shuō dào to state / to say (the quoted words) syn 中央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) syn 声明 聲明 shēng míng to state / to declare / statement / declaration / CL:項|项[xiang4],份[fen4] syn 状况 狀況 zhuàng kuàng condition / state / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 表明 biǎo míng to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate / known syn 情绪 情緒 qíng xù mood / state of mind / moodiness / CL:種|种[zhong3] 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 国务院 國務院 guó wù yuàn (PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department 神经 神經 shén jīng nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob 心态 心態 xīn tài attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality syn 单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase 公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) syn 境界 jìng jiè boundary / state / realm syn 还原 還原 huán yuán to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry) syn 局势 局勢 jú shì situation / state (of affairs) syn 陈述 陳述 chén shù an assertion / to declare / to state syn 事态 事態 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs syn 元首 yuán shǒu head of state syn 华润 華潤 huá rùn China Resources, a Chinese state-owned conglomerate 公办 公辦 gōng bàn state-run syn 房舍 fáng shè house / building syn 金宝 金寶 jīn bǎo Campbell (name) / Kampar, town in the state of Perak, Malaysia 入定 rù dìng (Buddhism) to enter a meditative state syn 人仰马翻 人仰馬翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter) syn 神思 shén sī state of mind syn 屋宇 wū yǔ (literary) house / building syn 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 槟城 檳城 bīng chéng Penang (Malaysian state) 密西根 mì xī gēn Michigan, US state (Tw) 间不容发 間不容髮 jiān bù róng fà (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3] syn 地脚 地腳 dì jiǎo (page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base syn 称 稱 chēng to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn 层 層 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers syn 州 zhōu prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) 怀仁堂 懷仁堂 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 乱 亂 luàn in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary syn 楼 樓 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 平台 平臺 píng tái platform / terrace / flat-roofed building syn 楼主 樓主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional) 房屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] syn 处于 處於 chǔ yú to be in (some state, position, or condition) 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 国有 國有 guó yǒu nationalized / public / government owned / state-owned syn 建材 jiàn cái building materials 楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn 楼盘 樓盤 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent) 民营 民營 mín yíng privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state) 大楼 大樓 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 税务 稅務 shuì wù taxation services / state revenue service 联邦 聯邦 lián bāng federal / federation / commonwealth / federal union / federal state / union syn 厂房 廠房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 国有企业 國有企業 guó yǒu qǐ yè state-owned enterprise 病情 bìng qíng state of an illness / patient's condition syn 省政府 shěng zhèng fǔ state governments 写字楼 寫字樓 xiě zì lóu office building 复发 復發 fù fā to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state) syn 建筑物 建築物 jiàn zhù wù building / structure / edifice syn 江山 jiāng shān rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power syn 思绪 思緒 sī xù train of thought / emotional state / mood / feeling syn 静态 靜態 jìng tài static / sedate / quiet / passive / (physics) static / steady-state / (electronics) quiescent 混凝土 hùn níng tǔ concrete (building material) syn 拆迁 拆遷 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants syn 申明 shēn míng to declare / to aver / to state formally syn 地盘 地盤 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth syn 国企 國企 guó qǐ state-owned enterprise / (Tw) international business management (as a subject of study) (abbr. for 國際企業管理|国际企业管理[guo2ji4 qi3ye4 guan3li3]) 中央电视台 中央電視台 zhōng yāng diàn shì tái China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network 声称 聲稱 shēng chēng to claim / to state / to proclaim / to assert syn 华盛顿 華盛頓 huá shèng dùn Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital) 心神 xīn shén mind / state of mind / attention / (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution syn 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn 国立 國立 guó lì national / state-run / public syn 混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn 国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country 心境 xīn jìng mood / mental state / frame of mind syn 扩建 擴建 kuò jiàn to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) 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) 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") syn 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 楼房 樓房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 私营企业 私營企業 sī yíng qǐ yè private business / opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业[guo2 you3 qi3 ye4] 办公楼 辦公樓 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 