Meanings

raising the ridgepole

ridgepole-raising ceremony

ridgepole

large building

framework raising ceremony

(hospital) ward

separate building

ridgepole-raising

terraced or partitioned housing structure

tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)

hip roof

isolation ward

laboratory block

wing (of a building)

sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

(having, there being) a great number of books

administrative building

ridgepole-raising ceremony

gallery

wholesale lease (on a building)