地上 dì shang on the ground / on the floor 窗户 窗戶 chuāng hu window / CL:個|个[ge4],扇[shan4] syn 关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn 地板 dì bǎn floor 地面 dì miàn floor / ground / surface syn 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 窗帘 窗簾 chuāng lián window curtains syn 天花板 tiān huā bǎn ceiling syn 窗子 chuāng zi window syn 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 车窗 車窗 chē chuāng car window / window of a vehicle (bus, train etc) 舞池 wǔ chí dance floor 顶楼 頂樓 dǐng lóu top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc) 楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn 橱窗 櫥窗 chú chuāng display window 面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn 顶层 頂層 dǐng céng top floor / the top of a building 谷底 gǔ dǐ valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low syn 窗台 窗臺 chuāng tái windowsill / window ledge syn 刷新 shuā xīn to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record) syn 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 铁窗 鐵窗 tiě chuāng window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell syn 插销 插銷 chā xiāo bolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc) / (electrical) plug syn 下放 xià fàng to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside syn 顶棚 頂棚 dǐng péng ceiling / awning (under ceiling) 窗玻璃 chuāng bō lí window pane 打蜡 打蠟 dǎ là to wax (a car, floor etc) 时间段 時間段 shí jiān duàn time window 天井 tiān jǐng courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10 syn 窗框 chuāng kuàng window frame 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) 吊扇 diào shàn a ceiling fan / a punka 地砖 地磚 dì zhuān floor tile 采光 採光 cǎi guāng to get natural light (e.g. through a window) 顶灯 頂燈 dǐng dēng dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc 展位 zhǎn wèi relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area 天棚 tiān péng ceiling / awning 视窗 視窗 shì chuāng a window (on a computer screen) 底薪 dǐ xīn basic salary / base pay / salary floor 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 桥面 橋面 qiáo miàn roadway / floor / deck / bridge floor 碾压 碾壓 niǎn yā to crush or compact (with a roller) / to run over (with a vehicle) / (fig.) to trounce / to wipe the floor with / to be far superior 落地灯 落地燈 luò dì dēng floor lamp 吊顶 弔頂 diào dǐng suspended ceiling / false ceiling / to install a (decorative) suspended ceiling 铺面 鋪面 pù miàn front window / store front syn 纱窗 紗窗 shā chuāng screen window 窗棂 窗欞 chuāng líng window lattice syn 逛街 guàng jiē to take a walk / to window-shop / to stroll down the street 交易市场 交易市場 jiāo yì shì chǎng exchange / trading floor 占地面积 占地面積 zhàn dì miàn ji floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) 窗体 窗體 chuāng tǐ form (used in programming languages such as Visual Basic and Delphi to create a GUI window) 标题栏 標題欄 biāo tí lán title bar (of a window) (computing) 靠窗 kào chuāng by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc) 首层 首層 shǒu céng first floor / ground floor 楼面 樓面 lóu miàn floor syn 地漏 dì lòu drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month 席地而坐 xí dì ér zuò to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom) syn 蜘蛛人 zhī zhū rén (coll.) rope access technician / industrial climber / (esp.) high-rise window washer 吸顶灯 吸頂燈 xī dǐng dēng flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword) 探身 tàn shēn to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc) 地板砖 地板磚 dì bǎn zhuān floor tile 窗明几净 窗明几淨 chuāng míng jī jìng lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) / fig. bright and clean syn 窗饰 窗飾 chuāng shì window decoration 楼 樓 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 拖 tuō to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on syn 层 層 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers syn 钩 鉤 gōu to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch syn 砖 磚 zhuān brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn 自由体操 自由體操 zì yóu tǐ cāo floor (gymnastics) 寮 liáo hut / shack / small window / variant of 僚[liao2] syn 售票口 shòu piào kǒu ticket window 樘 táng pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows syn 场院 場院 cháng yuàn threshing floor syn 钢窗 鋼窗 gāng chuāng metal window 红马甲 紅馬甲 hóng mǎ jiǎ red waistcoat / (stock market) floor trader / floor broker 幌 huǎng shop sign / (literary) window curtain 牖 yǒu to enlighten / lattice window syn 栊 櫳 lóng (literary) window / (literary) cage for animals syn 打场 打場 dǎ cháng to thresh grain (on the floor) syn 打地铺 打地鋪 dǎ dì pù to make one's bed on the floor 掷地有声 擲地有聲 zhì dì yǒu shēng lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance syn 吊窗 diào chuāng a sash window 七级浮屠 七級浮屠 qī jí fú tú seven floor pagoda 阘 闒 tà door or window in an upper story 闒 tà door or window in an upper story 仰屋著书 仰屋著書 yǎng wū zhù shū lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom) / to put one's whole body and soul into a book 壹败涂地 壹敗塗地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom) / to fail utterly / a crushing defeat / failed and in a hopeless position 救人一命胜造七级浮屠 救人一命勝造七級浮屠 jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom) 明窗净几 明窗淨几 míng chuāng jìng jī lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) / fig. bright and clean (room) syn 筚门闺窦 篳門閨竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 荜门圭窦 蓽門圭竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 云窗雾槛 雲窗霧檻 yún chuāng wù kǎn cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom) / tall building with the windows in the clouds 靴子落地 xuē zi luò dì lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor) 挑高 tiāo gāo (architecture) high-ceilinged / to raise (a ceiling) to a height of / ceiling height 地面层 地面層 dì miàn céng ground floor / first floor 底楼 底樓 dǐ lóu ground floor / first floor 小心地滑 xiǎo xīn dì huá (used on signs) caution - wet floor (lit. "be careful, the floor is slippery") 