都 dū capital city / metropolis 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 市 shì market / city / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 城 chéng city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4] syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 城市 chéng shì city / town / CL:座[zuo4] syn 建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct / building / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 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 首都 shǒu dū capital (city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 六合 lù hé Luhe district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 syn 偏僻 piān pì remote / desolate / far from the city syn 申城 shēn chéng alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4] 房舍 fáng shè house / building syn 万家灯火 萬家燈火 wàn jiā dēng huǒ (of a city etc) ablaze with lights 屋宇 wū yǔ (literary) house / building syn 郊野 jiāo yě open area outside the city / countryside syn 固若金汤 固若金湯 gù ruò jīn tāng lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified / invulnerable to attack 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 旅大 lǚ dà Lüshun 旅順|旅顺[Lu:3 shun4] port and Dalian city 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] 破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of 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 唱空城计 唱空城計 chàng kōng chéng jì lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom) / fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness / (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty / (of one's stomach) to be rumbling 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) 都会 都會 dū huì city / metropolis 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 市民 shì mín city resident syn 都市 dū shì city / metropolis syn 全市 quán shì whole city 市政府 shì zhèng fǔ city hall / city government 建材 jiàn cái building materials 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 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) 市区 市區 shì qū urban district / downtown / city center syn 大楼 大樓 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn 姐妹 jiě mèi sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc) syn 城区 城區 chéng qū city district / urban area syn 城乡 城鄉 chéng xiāng city and countryside 本市 běn shì this city / our city syn 厂房 廠房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 城里 chéng lǐ in the city 直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city 写字楼 寫字樓 xiě zì lóu office building 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 建筑物 建築物 jiàn zhù wù building / structure / edifice syn 民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project 三峡 三峽 sān xiá Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2] / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan 专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 古城 gǔ chéng ancient city 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 天河 tiān hé Milky Way / Tianhe District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong syn 农民工 農民工 nóng mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) 地盘 地盤 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth syn 泰山 tài shān Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle) / Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan syn 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 市中心 shì zhōng xīn city center / downtown 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei 城墙 城牆 chéng qiáng city wall syn 进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work) 野外 yě wài countryside / areas outside the city syn 市内 市內 shì nèi inside the city 扩建 擴建 kuò jiàn to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) 建筑材料 jiàn zhù cái liào building material 城门 城門 chéng mén city gate 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) 桃园 桃園 táo yuán Taoyuan city and county in Taiwan 城外 chéng wài outside of a city 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 楼房 樓房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 办公楼 辦公樓 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 新竹 xīn zhú Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries / Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan 武昌 wǔ chāng Wuchang district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei 番禺 pān yú Panyu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong / Panyu County in Guangdong province 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) 大学城 大學城 dà xué chéng university city 江北 jiāng běi Jiangbei, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2qing4] / Chongqing's main airport / Jiangbei, a district of Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2bo1 Shi4], Zhejiang 香格里拉 xiāng gé lǐ lā Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" / a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel 金字塔 jīn zì tǎ pyramid (building or structure) 张家港 張家港 zhāng jiā gǎng Zhangjiagang, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu 改建 gǎi jiàn to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish syn 暖暖 nuǎn nuǎn Nuannuan District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan 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 城管 chéng guǎn local government bylaw enforcement officer / city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局[Cheng2 shi4 Guan3 li3 Xing2 zheng4 Zhi2 fa3 ju2]) 天安门 天安門 tiān ān mén Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing 名城 míng chéng famous city 