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HSK
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頂* | 頂* | *頂
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
HSK 4
three generations under one roof
roof of the mouth / to load a gun
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瓦* | 瓦* | *瓦
roof tile / abbr. for 瓦特
HSK 7-9
roof
HSK 7-9
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
roof
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
tile-roofed house
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磚* | 磚* | *磚
brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL: 塊|块
HSK 7-9
the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原)
Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍
four generations under one roof (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *梁* | 梁* | *梁
roof beam / beam (structure) / bridge
to gather happily under one roof
(of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak
dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails
to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof
roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex
square roof
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *桁* | 桁* | *桁
pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole
sun window / sun roof (of car)
to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
false roof
roof beam / rafters
imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage) / aureole / halo
horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges
(mining) roof fall / to have the roof cave in
a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss
roof rack
roof ridge
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柁* | 柁* | *柁
main beam of roof
canopy / roof / ceiling
dome / vault / domed roof
balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace
lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *榀* | 榀* | *榀
classifier for roof beams and trusses
thatched roof
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
eaves / roof (i.e. home)
to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood) / to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) / to strap down
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *茨* | 茨* | *茨
Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / to thatch (a roof)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杗* | 杗* | *杗
ridge-pole in roof
a kind of ornament on the roof ridge
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棁* | 棁* | *棁
(wooden) stick / roof beam
lit. multiple roof / building of several stories
roof / lid
lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
housetop / roof
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
hatchway / skylight / sun roof
an arched roof / a dome / a vault
rows of tiles on a roof / corrugated
palate (roof of the mouth)
ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
canopy / roof / ceiling
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *溜* | 溜* | *溜
swift current; rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings; neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棳* | 棳* | *棳
small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam
flat roof
small ventilation tower on roof of building
glazed roof tile
tiling (of roofs, floors, walls etc)
three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child
car roof
roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿 and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
name of the "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宀* | 宀* | *宀
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in , , etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖
to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棼* | 棼* | *棼
beams in roof / confused
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笮* | 笮* | *笮
board under tiles on roof / narrow
brick house with a tiled roof
(East Asian) hip-and-gable roof
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甍* | 甍* | *甍
rafters supporting tiles / ridge of a roof
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齶* | 齶* | *齶
palate / roof of the mouth


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