层 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers 楼 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 地 面 dì miàn floor / ground / surface 楼 层 lóu céng story / floor 地 板 dì bǎn floor 楼 板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 楼 面 lóu miàn floor 桥 面 qiáo miàn roadway / floor / deck / bridge floor 自 由 体 操 zì yóu tǐ cāo floor (gymnastics) 地 台 dì tái floor / platform 全 体 与 会 代 表 floor 代 表 席 位 dài biǎo xí wèi floor 发 言 许 可 floor 面 积 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 地 上 dì shang on the ground / on the floor 交 易 市 场 jiāo yì shì chǎng exchange / trading floor 展 位 zhǎn wèi relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area 占 地 面 积 zhàn dì miàn ji floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) 底 层 dǐ céng ground or first floor / bottom (of a pile) / lowest rung (of society) 谷 底 gǔ dǐ valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low 顶 楼 dǐng lóu top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc) 地 砖 dì zhuān floor tile 扫 地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low 顶 层 dǐng céng top floor / the top of a building 下 放 xià fàng to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside 舞 池 wǔ chí dance floor 底 薪 dǐ xīn basic salary / base pay / salary floor 首 层 shǒu céng first floor / ground floor 池 子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) 地 漏 dì lòu drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month 打 蜡 dǎ là to wax (a car, floor etc) 席 地 而 坐 xí dì ér zuò to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom) 地 板 砖 dì bǎn zhuān floor tile 落 地 灯 luò dì dēng floor lamp 场 院 cháng yuàn threshing floor 红 马 甲 hóng mǎ jiǎ red waistcoat / floor trader in stock market / stockbroker 掷 地 有 声 zhì dì yǒu shēng lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance 壹 败 涂 地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom) / to fail utterly / a crushing defeat / failed and in a hopeless position 打 地 铺 dǎ dì pù to make one's bed on the floor 七 级 浮 屠 qī jí fú tú seven floor pagoda 唐 楼 táng lóu tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China) 地 面 层 dì miàn céng ground floor / first floor 打 谷 场 dǎ gǔ cháng threshing floor 拼 花 地 板 pīn huā dì bǎn floor with tiled design 横 隔 héng gé tabula (horizontal floor of polyp) 洋 底 yáng dǐ ocean floor / bottom of the ocean 海 砂 hǎi shā sea sand (sand of the ocean floor or seashore) 禾 场 hé cháng threshing floor 拖 地 tuō dì to mop the floor / (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground / full-length 小 心 地 滑 xiǎo xīn dì huá (used on signs) caution - wet floor (lit. "be careful, the floor is slippery") 社 会 保 障 最 低 标 准 social security floor / social floor 全 球 社 会 保 护 最 低 标 准 Global Social Protection Floor 社 会 保 护 最 低 标 准 咨 询 小 组 Social Protection Floor Advisory Group 社 会 保 护 最 低 标 准 倡 议 Social Protection Floor Initiative 深 海 底 abyssal floor 社 会 保 护 最 低 标 准 Social Protection Floor 林 地 地 表 forest floor 森 林 地 被 物 forest floor 海 底 详 细 绘 图 高 频 地 震 系 统 High frequency seismic system for detailed mapping of sea floor 楼 层 督 导 员 floor warden 海 底 军 备 控 制 条 约 Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof / Sea-bed Arms Control Treaty / Sea-bed Treaty 海 底 条 约 Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof / Sea-bed Arms Control Treaty / Sea-bed Treaty 深 洋 洋 底 deep ocean floor 联 合 国 国 家 管 辖 范 围 以 外 海 床 洋 底 公 约 United Nations Convention on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction 海 床 条 约 缔 约 国 审 查 会 议 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof / Review Conference of the Parties to the Sea-Bed Treaty 地 板 系 统 floor system 塲 cháng variant of 場|场, threshing floor 踏 垫 tà diàn floor mat / bathroom mat / car mat / doormat 吸 地 xī dì to vacuum the floor 拖 地 板 tuō dì bǎn to mop the floor 满 地 找 牙 mǎn dì zhǎo yá to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor / (fig.) to get beaten up badly / to beat the crap out of (sb) 洗 地 xǐ dì to clean the floor / (Internet slang) (lit.) to wash (the blood) off the floor / (fig.) to cover up evidence of sb's wrongdoing / to defend (a wrongdoer) / (coll.) to carpet-bomb 公 设 比 gōng shè bǐ (Tw) shared-facilities ratio (expressed as a percentage of the total floor space of a building) 落 地 鼓 luò dì gǔ floor tom (drum kit component) 上 菜 秀 shàng cài xiù dinner show / dinner and floor show 出 菜 秀 chū cài xiù dinner show / dinner and floor show 负 一 层 fù yī céng (architecture) basement level 1 / floor B1 骨 盆 底 gǔ pén dǐ pelvic floor (anatomy)