张 張 zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes syn 平 píng flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1] syn 套房 tào fáng small room opening off another / inner room / suite / apartment / flat / (Tw) room with private bathroom 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 顶楼 頂樓 dǐng lóu top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc) 平面 píng miàn plane (flat surface) / print media syn 泄气 洩氣 xiè qì to leak (gas) / to be discouraged / to despair / (disparaging) pathetic / to vent one's anger / (of a tire) to be flat syn 飞机场 飛機場 fēi jī chǎng airport / (slang) flat chest / CL:處|处[chu4] syn 平淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special syn 平坦 píng tǎn level / even / smooth / flat syn 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 平滑 píng huá flat and smooth syn 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 撒气 撒氣 sā qì to leak (of air) / to go flat (of a tire) / to vent one's anger syn 扁平 biǎn píng flat / planar syn 厂房 廠房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 烙饼 烙餅 lào bǐng pancake / flat bread / griddle cake syn 教学楼 教學樓 jiào xué lóu school building / academic building 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 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 银元 銀元 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar syn 平缓 平緩 píng huǎn level / almost flat / not strongly sloping / (fig.) moderate / mild-mannered / gentle syn 大饼 大餅 dà bǐng large flat bread syn 平底 píng dǐ flat bottomed / low heeled syn 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 蟠桃 pán táo flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母 syn 平川 píng chuān an expanse of flat land syn 没电 沒電 méi diàn discharged / flat / dead (of batteries) 眉间 眉間 méi jiān the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella 露台 露臺 lù tái balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace 压扁 壓扁 yā biǎn to squash / to crush flat 平顶 平頂 píng dǐng flat roof 平胸 píng xiōng flat-chested 木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 横躺 橫躺 héng tǎng to lie flat 倒伏 dǎo fú (of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat 银圆 銀圓 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 / silver dollar syn 饼 餅 bǐng round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 扇 shàn fan / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth / classifier for doors, windows etc syn 枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn 扁 biǎn flat / (coll.) to beat (sb) up / old variant of 匾[bian3] syn 横 橫 héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent syn 坦 tǎn flat / open-hearted / level / smooth syn 髂骨 qià gǔ ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle) syn 粑 bā a round flat cake (dialect) 搓板 cuō bǎn washboard / (slang) flat-chested (woman) 洗衣板 xǐ yī bǎn washboard / (jocular) flat chest 屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 扁桃 biǎn táo almond tree / almond / flat peach syn 银洋 銀洋 yín yáng flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 syn 崮 gù steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names) 笸 pǒ flat basket-tray 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 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 