高 gāo high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) syn 高大 gāo dà tall / lofty / towering syn 高个子 高個子 gāo gè zi tall person / (of a person) tall syn 修长 修長 xiū cháng slender / lanky / tall and thin syn 大个儿 大個兒 dà gè r tall person syn 魁梧 kuí wú tall and sturdy syn 高挑 gāo tiǎo raised high / (of a person) slender / tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1]) syn 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 厂房 廠房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 高耸 高聳 gāo sǒng erect / towering / to stand tall syn 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) 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) 耸立 聳立 sǒng lì to stand tall / to tower aloft syn 挺拔 tǐng bá tall and straight syn 高瞻远瞩 高瞻遠矚 gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔ to stand tall and see far (idiom) / taking the long and broad view / acute foresight syn 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 高耸入云 高聳入雲 gāo sǒng rù yún tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom) / used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper syn 伟岸 偉岸 wěi àn imposing / upright and tall / outstanding / gigantic in stature syn 人高马大 人高馬大 rén gāo mǎ dà tall and strong syn 高帽子 gāo mào zi tall conical paper hat worn as a public humiliation / dunce cap / (fig.) flattery syn 英姿飒爽 英姿颯爽 yīng zī sà shuǎng (of a person) valiant and formidable-looking / to carry oneself tall syn 肃立 肅立 sù lì to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic 高矮 gāo ǎi height (i.e. whether short or tall) syn 森然 sēn rán (of tall trees) dense, thick / awe-inspiring syn 魁伟 魁偉 kuí wěi tall and big / stalwart syn 巍然屹立 wēi rán yì lì to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb 乔 喬 qiáo tall syn 轩 軒 xuān pavilion with a view / high / tall / high fronted, curtained carriage (old) syn 榔 láng tall tree (archaic) syn 屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 膀大腰圆 膀大腰圓 bǎng dà yāo yuán tall and strong / burly / beefy syn 崔巍 cuī wēi tall / towering 伉 kàng spouse / big and tall / strong / robust / upright and outspoken syn 颀 頎 qí tall 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 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 拆迁 拆遷 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants syn 建材 jiàn cái building materials 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 房舍 fáng shè house / building syn 座落 zuò luò to be situated / located at (of building) / also written 坐落[zuo4 luo4] syn 对门 對門 duì mén the building or room opposite syn 住宅楼 住宅樓 zhù zhái lóu residential building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 始建 shǐ jiàn to start building syn 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife 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 建档 建檔 jiàn dàng book building 楼宇 樓宇 lóu yǔ building syn 宿舍楼 宿舍樓 sù shè lóu dormitory building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] 砂浆 砂漿 shā jiāng mortar (building) syn 票证 票證 piào zhèng a ticket / a pass (e.g. to enter a building) syn 雕梁画栋 雕梁畫棟 diāo liáng huà dòng richly ornamented (building) syn 沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn 楼主 樓主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional) 