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house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL: 棟|栋, , , , 間|间
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *所* | 所* | *所
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *楼* | 楼* | *楼
house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層|层, , 棟|栋
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *层* | 层* | *层
to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *进* | 进* | *进
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
HSK 1
house / building / CL: ,
HSK 3
school building; academic building
HSK 1
building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL: ,
HSK 4
to construct / building / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
(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)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of a building etc) to rise out of the ground
to be situated / to be located (of a building)
HSK 7-9
office building
HSK 6
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
building / structure / edifice
HSK 7-9
lit. carved railings and jade steps (idiom) / fig. richly ornamented (building)
a building of two or more stories / CL: 棟|栋, ,
HSK 6
team building (abbr. for 團隊建設|团队建设) / 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
apartment building / CL:
apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:)
HSK 7-9
to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
HSK 7-9
(of a building) detached
to supply heating (in a building) / heating
HSK 7-9
to collapse (of building) / to topple over
HSK 7-9
to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
HSK 6
to start (a building project)
HSK 7-9
(electronics) jump wire / extension cable dangling out of a building (usually used to recharge an electric vehicle)
building industry
Lego, Danish brand of plastic building blocks
to recharge (an electric vehicle) using an extension cable dangling out of a building
building
main building
concrete (building material)
HSK 7-9
office building / CL: , 棟|栋
residential building / CL: , , 棟|栋
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)
HSK 7-9
office building
corridor / passageway (in storied building)
HSK 6
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
heating (for a building) / to supply heating
apartment building / residential tower
HSK 7-9
house / building
to construct a building / (Internet slang) to reply to a thread
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow
multistoried building / tower / pagoda
building complex; cluster of buildings
to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
palace / hall / temple buildings
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幢* | 幢* | *幢
classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows
HSK 7-9
foundation groove / trench for building foundation
standpipe (firefighting water storage system for a building)
foundations (of a building) / base
to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help
a ticket / a pass (e.g. to enter a building)
pyramid (building or structure)
HSK 7-9
Empire State Building (New York City)
Spider-Man, see 蜘蛛俠|蜘蛛侠 / nickname of French skyscraper climber Alain Robert (1962-) / person who scales the outer walls of a building as a stunt or for building maintenance
to fall off or jump off a building
floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc)
uncompleted building; building whose construction has run into difficulties and stopped
Empire State Building
building / construction / civil engineering
floor; story (of a building)
building / pavilion
to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc); to raze (a building, forest etc)
slab type building
tall building / high shelf
(usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc)
richly ornamented (building)
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *厦* | 厦* | *厦
(bound form) tall building; mansion / (bound form) rear annex; lean-to / Taiwan pr. [xia4]
building materials
(Tw) building; structure
to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building)
high-rise building / skyscraper
(page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base
to undertake to rectify any deficiencies in the quality of a building, product or service / warranty / guarantee
building block
mountain building (geology) / orogenesis
(literary) tall building / dangerous building; one that is at risk of collapse
King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王 the first Zhou dynasty king
building envelope
to support / to bear the weight of (a building)
school building / school / (Tw) student dormitory
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馆* | 馆* | *馆
building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL:
the four corners (of a rectangle) / the eaves that the four corners of a building
Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control
to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building)
ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
to be situated / located at (of building) / also written 坐落
building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent)
prefabricated building / prefab / mobile home / caravan / trailer
to collapse (of building)
building society (finance)
tower (of building)
apartment building offered for sale before construction is completed / off-plan property

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