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city; town / CL:
HSK 3
house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL: 棟|栋, , , , 間|间
HSK 1
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  *山* | 山* | *山
mountain; hill (CL:) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
HSK 1
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  *楼* | 楼* | *楼
house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層|层, , 棟|栋
HSK 1
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  *座* | 座* | *座
seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
HSK 2
seat / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
hospital / CL: , ,
HSK 1
stadium / CL: 個|个,
HSK 2
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
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  *桥* | 桥* | *桥
bridge / CL:
HSK 3
embassy / CL: , 個|个
HSK 3
building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL: ,
HSK 4
park (for public recreation) / CL:
HSK 2
factory / CL: ,
HSK 3
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  *城* | 城* | *城
city walls / city / town / CL: , , 個|个
HSK 3
theater / CL:
HSK 3
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  *塔* | 塔* | *塔
pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆, a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:) / (loanword) (pastry) tart
HSK 6
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  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
a (large) bell (CL:) / clock (CL:) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点,,) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟 "five minutes" etc)
HSK 3
garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants / CL:
HSK 2
structure / composition / makeup / architecture / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
assembly hall; auditorium / CL:
HSK 6
village / hamlet / CL:
HSK 6
palace / CL:
HSK 7-9
the north-facing room opposite the master's in a siheyuan 四合院
(math.) Cartesian coordinate system
a building of two or more stories / CL: 棟|栋, ,
HSK 6
(coll.) village; hamlet / CL:
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  *炮* | 炮* | *炮
cannon / CL: / firecracker
HSK 6
apartment building / CL:
iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:
HSK 7-9
church; chapel / CL: , , 間|间
HSK 6
reservoir / CL:
HSK 5
to take a seat
HSK 7-9
to use as a venue (e.g. use {a restaurant} as the venue {for a farewell party})
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  *岛* | 岛* | *岛
island / CL: 個|个,
HSK 6
course of lectures; lecture series / chair (academic position)
HSK 4
tent / CL: 頂|顶,
HSK 7-9
Eridanus (constellation)
(railway) carriage
Pegasus (constellation)
to give up one's seat for sb
HSK 6
conference / symposium / rap session
HSK 6
booth (in restaurants etc) (loanword from "car seat")
(geometry) coordinate system
office building / CL: , 棟|栋
lighthouse / CL:
residential building / CL: , , 棟|栋
Cassiopeia (constellation)
theater / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
(of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers / popular with the paying public; high-grossing / number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc)
guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
Chinatown / CL: 條|条,
constellation / astrological sign
HSK 7-9
throne
skyscraper / CL:
motto / maxim
HSK 7-9
seat of honor (at a banquet, meeting etc) / (Buddhism) senior monk's seat or title
hard seat (on trains or boats)
Lyra, constellation containing Vega 織女星|织女星
Capricornus
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  *坟* | 坟* | *坟
grave / tomb / CL: / embankment / mound / ancient book
HSK 7-9
Andromeda (constellation)
throne
Pisces (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Andromeda constellation (galaxy) M31
villa / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
Cygnus (constellation)
seat
vertical coordinate; ordinate
to take one's seat according to the ticket number / (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place / to take a general comment as a personal attack
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / used erroneously for 白羊座
cloister / temple / monastery / CL:
skyscraper / CL:
Aquila (constellation)
Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / also called 水瓶座
(math.) coordinate method
seat number
economy seat
Andromeda galaxy M31
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  *庙* | 庙* | *庙
temple / ancestral shrine / CL: / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial
HSK 7-9
(geometry) coordinate / (fig.) point of reference; frame of reference; guidepost
Pavo (constellation)
rickshaw seat (Beijing dialect) / patron (of teahouse, cinema) / passenger (in taxi, rickshaw etc)
Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
skyscraper / CL:
to have an informal discussion / CL:
HSK 7-9
one's own car (or motorbike) / vehicle for one's private use
Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
the twelve signs of the zodiac
great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31
desk clock
Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座
tower / CL:
copilot (abbr. for 副駕駛員|副驾驶员) / front passenger seat (abbr. for 副駕駛座|副驾驶座)
socket / outlet
end seat / final place (for less senior person)
barren or uninhabited island / CL: 個|个,
Cetus (constellation)
Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

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