洞房花烛 洞房花燭 dòng fáng huā zhú bridal room and ornamented candles / wedding festivities (idiom) syn 方舱 方艙 fāng cāng portable building / demountable building / transportable building / (UK) portacabin 富饶 富饒 fù ráo fertile / richly provided syn 丰富多彩 豐富多彩 fēng fù duō cǎi richly colorful syn 穿金戴银 穿金戴銀 chuān jīn dài yín richly bedecked / dripping with gold and silver (idiom) 香馥馥 xiāng fù fù richly scented / strongly perfumed syn 富富有余 富富有餘 fù fù yǒu yú richly provided for / having enough and to spare 厂房 廠房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 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) 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 北草坪暂建楼 běi cǎo píng zàn jiàn lóu Temporary North Lawn Building / North Lawn Building 联合国住房、造房和规划中心 聯合國住房、造房和規劃中心 United Nations Centre for Housing, Building and Planning / Centre for Housing, Building and Planning 解决达尔富尔问题的善意和建立信任协议 解決達爾富爾問題的善意和建立信任協議 Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building for the Settlement of the Problem in Darfur / Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building 善意和建立信任协议 善意和建立信任協議 Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building for the Settlement of the Problem in Darfur / Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building 小岛屿发展中国家复原力建设机制 小島嶼發展中國家複原力建設機制 small island developing States Resilience Building Facility / Resilience Building Facility 团建 團建 tuán jiàn team building (abbr. for 團隊建設|团队建设[tuan2 dui4 jian4 she4]) / building camaraderie within the Chinese Communist Youth League 中國共產主義青年團|中国共产主义青年团[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 zhu3 yi4 Qing1 nian2 tuan2] 烂尾楼 爛尾樓 làn wěi lóu uncompleted building / building whose construction has run into difficulties and stopped 平台 平臺 píng tái platform / terrace / flat-roofed building syn 建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct / building / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 楼主 樓主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional) 房屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] 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 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 楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) 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 写字楼 寫字樓 xiě zì lóu office building 建筑物 建築物 jiàn zhù wù building / structure / edifice syn 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 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 占地面积 占地面積 zhàn dì miàn ji floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) 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) 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 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 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 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 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 对门 對門 duì mén the building or room opposite syn 房舍 fáng shè house / building 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) 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 公寓楼 公寓樓 gōng yù lóu apartment building / CL:座[zuo4] 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 汉白玉 漢白玉 hàn bái yù white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting 蒙恬 méng tián Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall 团队建设 tuán duì jiàn shè team building 支承 zhī chéng to support / to bear the weight of (a building) 基本单位 基本單位 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block 板楼 板樓 bǎn lóu slab type building 屋宇 wū yǔ (literary) house / building syn 始建 shǐ jiàn to start building syn 