"Roof" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dǐng 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
 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex
 wū dǐng roof / CL:個|个[ge4]
 fáng dǐng housetop / roof
 wū miàn roof
 wū yán eaves / roof (i.e. home)
 dǐng gài roof / lid
 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
 péng dǐng canopy / roof / ceiling
 péng dǐng canopy / roof / ceiling
 tiān chuāng hatchway / skylight / sun roof
 fēng dǐng 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)
 chē dǐng car roof
 tiān jǐng courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
 wū jǐ roof ridge
 lù tái balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace
 huān jù yī táng to gather happily under one roof
 huá gài imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage) / aureole / halo
 liú lí wǎ glazed roof tile
 kǔn zā to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood) / to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) / to strap down
 píng dǐng flat roof
 qióng dǐng dome / vault / domed roof
 shàng táng roof of the mouth / to load (a gun)
 jǐ jǐ yī táng to congregate in one hall (idiom) / to gather under one roof
 gǒng dǐng an arched roof / a dome / a vault
 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss
 wǎ roof tile / abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
 è palate / roof of the mouth
 zé board under tiles on roof / narrow
 fén beams in roof / confused
 tuó main beam of roof
 pǐn classifier for roof beams and trusses
 méng rafters supporting tiles / ridge of a roof
 liáng shàng jūn zǐ lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
 sān mǎ tóng cáo three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons) / conspirators under the same roof
 jì rén lí xià to lodge under another person's roof (idiom) / to live relying on sb else's charity
 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ (like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
 qīng táng wǎ shè brick house with a tiled roof
 máng ridge-pole in roof
 máo wū dǐng thatch roof
 wěi dǐng false roof
 zhuó small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam
 sān dài tóng táng three generations under one roof
 shì jiè wū jǐ the roof of the world / usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]
 tóng táng to live under the same roof (of different generations)
 sì shì tóng táng four generations under one roof (idiom)
 tài yáng chuāng sun window / sun roof (of car)
 fēng dǐng yí shì ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
 fāng dǐng square roof
 dōng máo cǎo gài thatched roof
 liáng jià roof beam / rafters
 zhòu (wooden) stick / roof beam
 qì lóu small ventilation tower on roof of building
 chóng wū lit. multiple roof / building of several stories
 chī méng a kind of ornament on the roof ridge
 qiāo wū dǐng roof-knocking / roof knocking
 gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
 sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child
 zhuō (wooden) stick / roof beam
 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
 xiē shān dǐng (East Asian) hip-and-gable roof
 mào dǐng (mining) roof fall / to have the roof cave in
 chē dǐng jià roof rack
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