让 讓 ràng to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4]) syn 得 dé to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished syn 可 kě (prefix) can / may / able to / -able / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very / but / however syn 允许 允許 yǔn xǔ to permit / to allow syn 许 許 xǔ to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps syn 作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract syn 许可 許可 xǔ kě to allow / to permit syn 执照 執照 zhí zhào license / permit syn 许可证 許可證 xǔ kě zhèng license / authorization / permit syn 准许 准許 zhǔn xǔ to allow / to grant / to permit syn 容许 容許 róng xǔ to permit / to allow syn 绿卡 綠卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) 户口 戶口 hù kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account syn 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 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 准予 zhǔn yǔ to grant / to approve / to permit syn 暂住证 暫住證 zàn zhù zhèng temporary residence permit 居留证 居留證 jū liú zhèng residence permit 证照 證照 zhèng zhào license / permit / ID photo / passport photo syn 入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit 居住证 居住證 jū zhù zhèng residence permit 北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit 准生证 準生證 zhǔn shēng zhèng birth permit 恩准 ēn zhǔn approved by His (or Her) Majesty / permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position) / to graciously permit / to condescend to allow syn 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 允 yǔn just / fair / to permit / to allow syn 屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 台胞证 台胞證 tái bāo zhèng Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents / Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit / abbr. for 台灣居民來往大陸通行證|台湾居民来往大陆通行证[Tai2 wan1 Ju1 min2 Lai2 wang3 Da4 lu4 Tong1 xing2 zheng4] 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) 单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase 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 