楹

yíng
pillar

CEDICT

  1. (literary) Classifier for buildings or rooms.
  2. Classifier for buildings or rooms.
  3. column; pillar (especially in front of a hall)

Wiktionary

  1. 厅堂前的直柱。后泛指柱子。
  2. 量词。古代计算房屋的单位。

重編國語辭典

Containing this entry

楹联 yínglián couplet (hung on the columns of a hall)
雕楹碧槛 diāoyíngbìkǎn carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment
丹楹 dānyíng
蓝花楹 lánhuāyíng
楹鼓 yínggǔ

Related entries

柱 zhù pillar

classifier: 根
柱子 zhùzi pillar

classifier: 根

她心不在焉的把車子撞在了柱子上。

By lack of attention, she hit the post with her car.

Source: Tatoeba

柱梁 zhùliáng pillar
柱石 zhùshí pillar
樘 táng
  1. pillar
  2. door post
  3. door or window frame
  4. classifier for doors or windows
台柱 táizhù
  1. pillar
  2. mainstay
  3. star performer
顶梁柱 dǐngliángzhù
  1. pillar
  2. backbone
支柱 zhīzhù
  1. mainstay
  2. pillar
  3. prop
  4. backbone
主心骨 zhǔxīngǔ
  1. backbone
  2. mainstay
  3. pillar
  4. definite view
  5. one's own judgment
桓 huán
  1. Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)
  2. big
  3. pillar (old)
栋梁 dòngliáng
  1. ridgepole
  2. ridgepole and beams
  3. person able to bear heavy responsibility
  4. mainstay (of organization)
  5. pillar (of state)
梁木 liángmù
  1. beam
  2. rafter
  3. lintel
  4. person able to bear heavy responsibility
  5. mainstay (of organization)
  6. pillar (of state)