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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *楼* | 楼* | *楼
house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層|层, , 棟|栋
HSK 1
house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL: 棟|栋, , , , 間|间
HSK 1
school building; academic building
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *层* | 层* | *层
to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
house / building / CL: ,
HSK 3
building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL: ,
HSK 4
to construct / building / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
a building of two or more stories / CL: 棟|栋, ,
HSK 6
corridor / passageway (in storied building)
HSK 6
to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
HSK 6
office building
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *栋* | 栋* | *栋
classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)
HSK 7-9
pyramid (building or structure)
HSK 7-9
to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幢* | 幢* | *幢
classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows
HSK 7-9
concrete (building material)
HSK 7-9
apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:)
HSK 7-9
to be situated / to be located (of a building)
HSK 7-9
(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
to supply heating (in a building) / heating
HSK 7-9
palace / hall / temple buildings
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
to start (a building project)
HSK 7-9
to collapse (of building) / to topple over
HSK 7-9
apartment building / residential tower
HSK 7-9
building / structure / edifice
HSK 7-9
building materials
top floor / the top of a building
Lego, Danish brand of plastic building blocks
floor; story (of a building)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *厦* | 厦* | *厦
(bound form) tall building; mansion / (bound form) rear annex; lean-to / Taiwan pr. [xia4]
foundations (of a building) / base
to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
toy building blocks
(usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc)
mortar (building)
foundation groove / trench for building foundation
to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish
tall building
to renovate / to repair (a building)
building / construction / civil engineering
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building
to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
a building used as a factory; factory (building) / CL: , 棟|栋
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斋* | 斋* | *斋
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk)
stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator
building block
(of a building) detached
main building
original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional)
to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蜃* | 蜃* | *蜃
giant clam / (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings
building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent)
building
heating (for a building) / to supply heating
to collapse (of building, dam or bridge)
to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building)
to support / to bear the weight of (a building)
to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube
foundation / footing / base / ruins (of a historical building)
to fall off or jump off a building
to sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work
to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砼* | 砼* | *砼
concrete (building material)
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc); to raze (a building, forest etc)
a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss
to list / to enumerate / (of buildings, objects etc) to be laid out / to be scattered about
a ticket / a pass (e.g. to enter a building)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馆* | 馆* | *馆
building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL:
white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
(dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *址* | 址* | *址
foundation of a building (variant of ) / islet (variant of )
top of a building
dangerous housing / building that is about to collapse
(of status or wealth) to decline / (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated / run-down / (of plants) to wilt
mountain building / orogenesis (geology)
(page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
the building or room opposite
tower (of building)
central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife
house / building
small ventilation tower on roof of building
tall building / high shelf
richly ornamented (building)
(Tw) building; structure
building / pavilion
Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海, used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *墺* | 墺* | *墺
building-plot
to collapse (of building)
slab type building

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