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建筑
jiànzhù
Main
English Definitionto construct; building
Simplified Script建筑
Traditional Script建築
Pinyinjiànzhù
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)gin3zuk1
Part of Speech(名) noun, (动) verb
Measure Words个
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Part of school/subjects
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=5
Word Decomposition
建jiànto establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
筑zhùto build; to construct; to ram; to hit

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
建议jiànyìto propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
建设jiànshèto build; to construct; construction; constructive
建立jiànlìto establish; to set up; to found
建国jiànguóto found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
建造jiànzàoto construct; to build
Words With Same Tail Word    
构筑gòuzhùto build; to construct
修筑xiūzhùto build
上层建筑shàngcéng jiànzhùsuperstructure
浇筑jiāozhùto pour (concrete etc)
债台高筑zhài tái gāo zhùlit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
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