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Chinese to English Architecture Translation Glossary

Chinese term		English translation
动线		traffic flow
原顶		Plain ceiling
后罩楼		backside building	David Lin
Entered by: David Lin
吧台		bar counter
大板		detail drawing
大气		grandiose
工程家具		Commercial Business Furniture	Katherine Xuan
Entered by: Katherine Xuan
工法间		Construction Technology/process showroom	Katherine Xuan
Entered by: Katherine Xuan
不锈钢管廊柱		corridor column made of stainless steel pipe
主体工程		main body (part) of a project	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng
七通一平		traffic, electricity, water, drainage, telecommunication, cable TV, coal gas, and natural land consolidation	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng
废楼		abandoned buliding	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow
建筑面积		Gross floor area	David Lin
Entered by: David Lin
地積比率		plot ratio
冒厅		projecting hall(space)
四阿顶(庑殿顶)		Chinese hip(ped) roof
祠庙堂所		Temples and Ancestral Hall
端景台		display end table
立面		Facade
结构竣工图		as-built structural drawing
热泵		heat pump	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng
规地证		Construction Land Planning Permit
设计思路		"design ideas" or "thoughts of design"
ȹ¥		wing
软体套房		soft home furniture	Katherine Xuan
Entered by: Katherine Xuan
门景		Scenic Entry
量體		mass
金十字地带		golden mile	Bea Geenen
Entered by: Bea Geenen
老户型		old fashioned floor plan
虚拟环境图		artist's impression	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng
PCB板		Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB).	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng
投资回收期：静态为5年，动态为7年（折现率取30%）		payback period: (simple/regular/undiscounted) 5 years, discounted 7 years (discount rate 30%)	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng
植物的體驗空間		a space with botanical exposure
概念设计方案		conceptual design scheme
模块化交付		modular delivery	Katherine Xuan
Entered by: Katherine Xuan
挑空空間		atrium space
户型图		house layout drawing
断点		gaps, breaks
景观设计		Landscape Design