土木

tǔmù
  1. building
  2. construction
  3. civil engineering

CEDICT

  1. (literally) earth and wood
  2. building; construction
  3. earth and wood

Wiktionary

  1. 建筑工程。
  2. 不加文饰。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 土 tǔ
  1. earth
  2. dust
  3. clay
  4. local
  5. indigenous
  6. crude opium
  7. unsophisticated
  8. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn
2 木 mù
  1. (bound form) tree
  2. (bound form) wood
  3. unresponsive; numb; wooden

Containing this entry

土木工程 tǔmùgōngchéng civil engineering
土木形骸 tǔmùxínghái earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土木身 tǔmùshēn
  1. one's body as wood and earth
  2. undecorated
  3. unvarnished (truth)
大兴土木 dàxīngtǔmù to carry out large scale construction
四味土木香散 sìwèitǔmùxiāngsǎn
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大楼 dàlóu building (a relatively large, multistory one)

classifiers: 幢, 座

大樓正在建造。

The building is under construction.

Source: Tatoeba

建筑物 jiànzhùwù
  1. building
  2. structure
  3. edifice
這座建築物快完工了。

This building is near completion.

Source: Tatoeba

楼宇 lóuyǔ building
楼阁 lóugé
  1. building
  2. pavilion
馆 guǎn
  1. building
  2. shop
  3. term for certain service establishments
  4. embassy or consulate
  5. schoolroom (old)

classifier: 家

当时进法国馆，有一种不用排队的办法，就是去吃法国馆里的食品，但是实在太贵了。

During this period, there was a way to get into the French clubhouse without standing in line: you had to eat the products inside, but it was really expensive.

Source: Tatoeba

屋宇 wūyǔ
  1. (literary) house
  2. building
建筑 jiànzhù
  1. to construct
  2. building

classifier: 個

該建築高一百公尺。

The building is one hundred meters high.

Source: Tatoeba

房子 fángzi
  1. house
  2. building (single- or two-story)
  3. apartment
  4. room

classifiers: 棟, 幢, 座, 套, 間

這房子鬧鬼。

The house is haunted.

Source: Tatoeba

房屋 fángwū
  1. house
  2. building

classifiers: 所, 套

房屋一片死寂。

The house was dead silent.

Source: Tatoeba

房舍 fángshè
  1. house
  2. building
斋 zhāi
  1. to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
  2. vegetarian diet
  3. study room
  4. building
  5. to give alms (to a monk)
施工 shīgōng
  1. construction
  2. to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
建构 jiàngòu
  1. to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations)
  2. to set up
  3. to develop
  4. construction (abstract)
  5. architecture
土建 tǔjiàn
  1. civil engineering
  2. same as 土木工程 tǔmùgōngchéng
土木工程 tǔmùgōngchéng civil engineering