信 xìn letter / mail / CL:封[feng1] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random syn 信任 xìn rèn to trust / to have confidence in 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 巡逻 巡邏 xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy) syn 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 巡警 xún jǐng police patrol / patrol officer / (old) police officer syn 巡逻队 巡邏隊 xún luó duì (army, police) patrol 信服 xìn fú to have faith in / to believe in / to have confidence in / to respect syn 巡游 巡遊 xún yóu to cruise / to patrol syn 巡视 巡視 xún shì to patrol / to make a tour / to inspect / to scan with one's eyes syn 巡逻车 巡邏車 xún luó chē patrol car 巡查 xún chá to patrol 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 放哨 fàng shào to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol syn 心虚 心虛 xīn xū lacking in confidence / diffident / to have a guilty conscience syn 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 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) 底气 底氣 dǐ qì lung capacity / lung power / boldness / confidence / self-assurance / vigor 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 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] 巡逻艇 巡邏艇 xún luó tǐng patrol boat 游弋 遊弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc syn 前茅 qián máo forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks 巡捕 xún bǔ to patrol / policeman (in China's former foreign concessions) syn 重拾 chóng shí to pick up (a theme etc) / to regain (confidence) / to revive (a custom, friendship etc) 不惑 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age syn 船舰 船艦 chuán jiàn navy vessel / (coast guard) patrol boat 巡弋 xún yì cruise / patrol by a ship syn 逻 邏 luó patrol 屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 查夜 chá yè night patrol / to make nightly rounds 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 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 