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 院 yuàn courtyard / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 机构 機構 jī gòu mechanism / structure / organization / agency / institution / CL:所[suo3] syn 制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct / building / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 事业 事業 shì yè undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / 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 名额 名額 míng é quota / number of places / place (in an institution, a group etc) 中央党校 中央黨校 zhōng yāng dǎng xiào Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933 房舍 fáng shè house / building syn 少年宫 少年宮 shào nián gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities 屋宇 wū yǔ (literary) house / building 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 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 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) 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 建材 jiàn cái building materials 院校 yuàn xiào college / academy / educational institution syn 楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn 学员 學員 xué yuán student / member of an institution of learning / officer cadet syn 楼盘 樓盤 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent) 大楼 大樓 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / university president / college dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4] 厂房 廠房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 写字楼 寫字樓 xiě zì lóu office building 建筑物 建築物 jiàn zhù wù building / structure / edifice syn 事业单位 事業單位 shì yè dān wèi public institution / (Tw) business enterprise / company / firm 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 金融机构 金融機構 jīn róng jī gòu financial institution / banking institution 基金会 基金會 jī jīn huì foundation (institution supported by an endowment) 地盘 地盤 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth syn 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 扩建 擴建 kuò jiàn to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) 建筑材料 jiàn zhù cái liào building material 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 高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school 占地面积 占地面積 zhàn dì miàn ji floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 楼房 樓房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 办公楼 辦公樓 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 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) 招考 zhāo kǎo to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old) 金字塔 jīn zì tǎ pyramid (building or structure) 改建 gǎi jiàn to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish syn 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 楼宇 樓宇 lóu yǔ building syn 建筑业 建築業 jiàn zhù yè building industry 层楼 層樓 céng lóu multistoried building / tower / pagoda 倒塌 dǎo tā to collapse (of building) / to topple over syn 能力建设 néng lì jiàn shè capacity-building 楼顶 樓頂 lóu dǐng top of a building 教学楼 教學樓 jiào xué lóu school building / academic building 供暖 gōng nuǎn to supply heating (in a building) / heating 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn 土木 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering syn 坐落 zuò luò to be situated / to be located (of a building) syn 地基 dì jī foundations (of a building) / base 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) 修缮 修繕 xiū shàn to renovate / to repair (a building) syn 宿舍楼 宿舍樓 sù shè lóu dormitory building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] 顶层 頂層 dǐng céng top floor / the top of a building 校舍 xiào shè school building 楼阁 樓閣 lóu gé building / pavilion syn 发展研究中心 發展研究中心 fā zhǎn yán jiū zhōng xīn Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution) 四角 sì jiǎo the four corners (of a rectangle) / the eaves that the four corners of a building 铁皮 鐵皮 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) syn 收容 shōu róng to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept syn 提高认识 awareness-building 楼道 樓道 lóu dào corridor / passageway (in storied building) 积木 積木 jī mù toy building blocks 建筑群 建築群 jiàn zhù qún building complex 办公大楼 辦公大樓 bàn gōng dà lóu office building 主楼 主樓 zhǔ lóu main building 住宅楼 住宅樓 zhù zhái lóu residential building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 高层建筑 高層建築 gāo céng jiàn zhù high-rise building / skyscraper 砂浆 砂漿 shā jiāng mortar (building) syn 塔楼 塔樓 tǎ lóu tower (of building) 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 砌块 砌塊 qì kuài building block 创办人 創辦人 chuàng bàn rén founder (of an institution etc) 对门 對門 duì mén the building or room opposite syn 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 楼台 樓臺 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance 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 建档 建檔 jiàn dàng book building 票证 票證 piào zhèng a ticket / a pass (e.g. to enter a building) syn 规制 規制 guī zhì to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building) 公寓楼 公寓樓 gōng yù lóu apartment building / CL:座[zuo4] 