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 建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct / building / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 计算 計算 jì suàn to calculate / to compute / to consider / to think over / to plot / to scheme 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 策划 策劃 cè huà to plot / to scheme / to bring about / to engineer / planning / producer / planner syn 情节 情節 qíng jié circumstances / plot / storyline 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 阴谋 陰謀 yīn móu to conspire / to plot / a conspiracy / a plot syn 构思 構思 gòu sī to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition syn 转折 轉折 zhuǎn zhé shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation syn 房舍 fáng shè house / building 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 地脚 地腳 dì jiǎo (page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base syn 园圃 園圃 yuán pǔ garden plot syn 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 层 層 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers syn 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 楼 樓 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 桥段 橋段 qiáo duàn (cinema, literature etc) scene / trope / plot device / (songwriting) bridge 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) 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 房屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] 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 剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre) 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) 大楼 大樓 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 厂房 廠房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 写字楼 寫字樓 xiě zì lóu office building 建筑物 建築物 jiàn zhù wù building / structure / edifice syn 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 地盘 地盤 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth syn 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 绘图 繪圖 huì tú to chart / to sketch / to draft / to plot 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) 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 办公楼 辦公樓 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 座落 zuò luò to be situated / located at (of building) / also written 坐落[zuo4 luo4] syn 跳楼 跳樓 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) 金字塔 jīn zì tǎ pyramid (building or structure) 改建 gǎi jiàn to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish syn 供热 供熱 gōng rè heating (for a building) / to supply heating 动工 動工 dòng gōng to start (a building project) syn 盘算 盤算 pán suàn to plot / to scheme / to calculate syn 楼宇 樓宇 lóu yǔ building syn 建筑业 建築業 jiàn zhù yè building industry 破获 破獲 pò huò to uncover (a criminal plot) / to break open and capture syn 层楼 層樓 céng lóu multistoried building / tower / pagoda 倒塌 dǎo tā to collapse (of building) / to topple over syn 能力建设 néng lì jiàn shè capacity-building 楼顶 樓頂 lóu dǐng top of a building 教学楼 教學樓 jiào xué lóu school building / academic building 侦破 偵破 zhēn pò to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout syn 暗算 àn suàn to plot against syn 谋划 謀劃 móu huà to scheme / to plot / conspiracy syn 供暖 gōng nuǎn to supply heating (in a building) / heating 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn 土木 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering syn 坐落 zuò luò to be situated / to be located (of a building) syn 地基 dì jī foundations (of a building) / base 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) 修缮 修繕 xiū shàn to renovate / to repair (a building) syn 宿舍楼 宿舍樓 sù shè lóu dormitory building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] 顶层 頂層 dǐng céng top floor / the top of a building 支线 支線 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story) 校舍 xiào shè school 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 铁皮 鐵皮 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) syn 提高认识 awareness-building 楼道 樓道 lóu dào corridor / passageway (in storied building) 积木 積木 jī mù toy building blocks 建筑群 建築群 jiàn zhù qún building complex 办公大楼 辦公大樓 bàn gōng dà lóu office building 主楼 主樓 zhǔ lóu main building 住宅楼 住宅樓 zhù zhái lóu residential building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 自留地 zì liú dì private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm 高层建筑 高層建築 gāo céng jiàn zhù high-rise building / skyscraper 砂浆 砂漿 shā jiāng mortar (building) syn 塔楼 塔樓 tǎ lóu tower (of building) 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 砌块 砌塊 qì kuài building block 对门 對門 duì mén the building or room opposite syn 败露 敗露 bài lù (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed syn 合谋 合謀 hé móu to conspire / to plot together 处心积虑 處心積慮 chǔ xīn jī lǜ to plot actively (idiom) / scheming / calculating syn 谋反 謀反 móu fǎn to plot a rebellion / to conspire against the state syn 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 楼台 樓臺 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance 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 