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 下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn 信 xìn letter / mail / CL:封[feng1] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 信任 xìn rèn to trust / to have confidence in syn 度 dù to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn 自信 zì xìn to have confidence in oneself / self-confidence syn 信心 xìn xīn confidence / faith (in sb or sth) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 量 liáng to measure syn 量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn 措施 cuò shī measure / step / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time 带有 帶有 dài yǒu to have as a feature or characteristic / to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc) / to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc) syn 信赖 信賴 xìn lài to trust / to have confidence in / to have faith in / to rely on syn 测量 測量 cè liáng survey / to measure / to gauge / to determine syn 信服 xìn fú to have faith in / to believe in / to have confidence in / to respect syn 深受 shēn shòu to receive in no small measure syn 分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn 打量 dǎ liang to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon syn 比试 比試 bǐ shì to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring syn 置信 zhì xìn to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative) / (math.) confidence (interval etc) syn 自信心 zì xìn xīn self-confidence syn 针锋相对 針鋒相對 zhēn fēng xiāng duì to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom) / tit for tat / measure for measure syn 举措 舉措 jǔ cuò move / act / measure syn 心虚 心虛 xīn xū lacking in confidence / diffident / to have a guilty conscience syn 预防针 預防針 yù fáng zhēn immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure 博取 bó qǔ to win (favors, confidence etc) syn 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 权宜之计 權宜之計 quán yí zhī jì plan of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step 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 度量 dù liàng measure / tolerance / breadth / magnanimity / (math.) metric 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) 底气 底氣 dǐ qì lung capacity / lung power / boldness / confidence / self-assurance / vigor 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 卷尺 juǎn chǐ tape measure / tape rule / CL:把[ba3] 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom) / sb has one's absolute confidence / to trust completely / to confide in sb with entire sincerity syn 苦肉计 苦肉計 kǔ ròu jì the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence / CL:條|条[tiao2] 杯水车薪 杯水車薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) / fig. an utterly inadequate measure syn 丈量 zhàng liáng to measure / measurement syn 量度 liáng dù to measure / measurement 量体裁衣 量體裁衣 liáng tǐ cái yī lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means. 量词 量詞 liàng cí classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word 量身 liáng shēn to take sb's measurements / to measure sb up 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 政策措施 zhèng cè cuò shī policy measure 重拾 chóng shí to pick up (a theme etc) / to regain (confidence) / to revive (a custom, friendship etc) 计量单位 計量單位 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure 安全措施 ān quán cuò shī safety feature / security measure 具体措施 jù tǐ cuò shī specific measure 预防措施 預防措施 yù fáng cuò shī protective step / protective measure 得意忘形 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy syn 量测 量測 liáng cè to measure / measurement 不惑 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age syn 测温 測溫 cè wēn to measure temperature 定标 定標 dìng biāo to calibrate (measure or apparatus) / fixed coefficient 伏安 fú ān volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits) 测度 測度 cè dù measure (math.) syn 治疗措施 治療措施 zhì liáo cuò shī curative measure 酌量 zhuó liáng to consider / to allow for / to use one's discretion / to measure (food and drink) syn 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 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn 测 測 cè to survey / to measure / to conjecture syn 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 衡 héng to weigh / weight / measure 比量 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc) syn 皮尺 pí chǐ tape measure 甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) 角尺 jiǎo chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 曲尺 qū chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) 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 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 