里 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn 下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 度 dù to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn 保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard syn 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 量 liáng to measure syn 量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn 措施 cuò shī measure / step / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time 测量 測量 cè liáng survey / to measure / to gauge / to determine syn 深受 shēn shòu to receive in no small measure syn 分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn 安检 安檢 ān jiǎn security check (abbr. for 安全檢查|安全检查[an1quan2 jian3cha2]) / to do a security check 打量 dǎ liang to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon syn 比试 比試 bǐ shì to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring syn 针锋相对 針鋒相對 zhēn fēng xiāng duì to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom) / tit for tat / measure for measure syn 举措 舉措 jǔ cuò move / act / measure syn 预防针 預防針 yù fáng zhēn immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 权宜之计 權宜之計 quán yí zhī jì plan of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step 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 度量 dù liàng measure / tolerance / breadth / magnanimity / (math.) metric 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) 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 卷尺 juǎn chǐ tape measure / tape rule / CL:把[ba3] 杯水车薪 杯水車薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) / fig. an utterly inadequate measure syn 丈量 zhàng liáng to measure / measurement syn 量度 liáng dù to measure / measurement 量体裁衣 量體裁衣 liáng tǐ cái yī lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means. 量词 量詞 liàng cí classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word 量身 liáng shēn to take sb's measurements / to measure sb up 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 政策措施 zhèng cè cuò shī policy measure 计量单位 計量單位 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure 安全措施 ān quán cuò shī safety feature / security measure 具体措施 jù tǐ cuò shī specific measure 预防措施 預防措施 yù fáng cuò shī protective step / protective measure 得意忘形 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy syn 量测 量測 liáng cè to measure / measurement 测温 測溫 cè wēn to measure temperature 定标 定標 dìng biāo to calibrate (measure or apparatus) / fixed coefficient 国家安全局 國家安全局 guó jiā ān quán jú National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA) 伏安 fú ān volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits) 测度 測度 cè dù measure (math.) syn 治疗措施 治療措施 zhì liáo cuò shī curative measure 酌量 zhuó liáng to consider / to allow for / to use one's discretion / to measure (food and drink) syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn 测 測 cè to survey / to measure / to conjecture syn 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 衡 héng to weigh / weight / measure 比量 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc) syn 皮尺 pí chǐ tape measure 甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) 关防 關防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) syn 角尺 jiǎo chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 曲尺 qū chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) 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 