houses; buildings; any building on land used for living or working

room; house

roof; housetop

small house; cabin; cottage; lodge; hut; shed

A house or cabin built primarily from wood.

Octavian, the birth name of the first Roman emperor, later known as Augustus

the overhanging edges of a roof that project beyond the wall of a building

the outer surface or top of a roof

A room used for reading or storing books; also used as a name for bookstores.

hut; shanty; shack

The inner room of a house, typically one that does not open directly to the outside.

the highest point of a geographical feature, often used metaphorically for a high plateau like the [[青藏高原|青藏高原|qing1 zang4 gao1 yuan2]]

coffee house; coffee shop

a simple house or cottage with a roof made of straw or reeds

Nagoya, a major industrial city and port in central Japan on the island of Honshu

The owner or proprietor of a house.

The central room or main hall of a traditional Chinese house, often used as a parlor or for family ceremonies.

person who shares the same room; roommate; flatmate

Literally meaning to pour water from a high roof, this phrase describes someone operating from a strategically advantageous position or having an overwhelming, irresistible momentum; to look down from a height.

literally 'love the house and its crow'; an idiom meaning that when you love someone, you also care for the people and things connected to them

a house that is believed to be haunted by ghosts

residential house or room designed for living in

A simple building or hut with a roof made of straw, wheat stalks, or reeds.

The outer room of a multi-room house (often serving as a kitchen or entryway in traditional layouts)

(literary) house; building; residential structure

a shop that sells Western-style cakes and pastries

A garden arranged on the flat roof of a building, used for recreation and to beautify the environment.

the upper or main rooms of a traditional courtyard house, usually facing south

(idiom) To build a magnificent house for a beloved woman; originally referring to a favorite wife or concubine, but now typically used to mean keeping a mistress or lover in a secret, expensive residence.

The load-bearing structure or frame of a building or roof, typically made of wood or steel and occurring in various shapes like triangles, trapezoids, or arches

house; residence; dwelling

The central or main room in a traditional Chinese courtyard house, typically facing south.

luxurious chamber; a magnificent house or room, especially one where a beautiful woman is kept

public housing estate in Hong Kong

(informal) a person's wife; sometimes used for a concubine or a female servant who has been taken as a partner

a small barbershop or hair salon; also called a [[发廊|髮廊|fa4 lang2]]

A house made of gold; used to describe an extremely luxurious, wealthy, or precious residence.

magnificent house; splendid residence

A house or building constructed out of wooden boards or planks

Literally "piling a bed on a bed or building a house on top of a house"; used to describe unnecessary repetition or redundant layers of organization.

the horizontal beams that support a roof; rafters

A room on the west side of a house or courtyard.

(literary) an examination hall during the imperial examination era

(idiom) to build a house under a house; to repeat or imitate others without any originality or innovation; redundant and cumbersome

To lure someone onto a roof and then take away the ladder, leaving them stranded; to entrap someone by creating an opportunity and then cutting off their retreat.

To be honest and upright even in private; literally, to have nothing to be ashamed of even in the darkest corner of one's room.

Metaphor for high-altitude regions, usually referring to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau or the Pamir Mountains; sometimes also used to refer specifically to Mt. Everest.

a pre-owned house or apartment building available for resale

Literally "within books one naturally finds houses of gold and beauties like jade"; used as a proverb to encourage diligence in study by promising that wealth and a beautiful wife will follow academic success.