建

The character "建" has 8 strokes. "建" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "建" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "建" are "jiàn" . View the stroke order of "建">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "建"

v.: build; construct; erect; establish; found; set up; propose; advocate

• build : v.建筑；建造；加强；安装；固定；增大；委托（或提供资金；监管）建造；使成为组成部分；编；被编
• construct : v.建筑；建造；建立；构筑；构成；组成；形成；造；作
• erect : adj.竖直的；挺直的；勃起的；竖起的
• establish : v.设立；建立；制定；确立；使（风俗；信仰；惯例；制度）得到永久承认；证实；查明；确定；使…花色所剩的牌都能赢
• found : adj.偶然（或意外）发现的；装备好的；原生态表现在艺术品（或音乐）中的；原汁原味的；原生态素材的；找到的拾得的
• set up : 建立, 创立；安排, 策划；发出声响
• propose : v.提出；提议；建议；向某人求婚；推荐；提名；提交
• advocate : n.拥护者；倡导者；辩护者；辩护律师；辩护人；律师

Form words with "建"

建题库 establish an examination question bank

建一座纪念碑 erect a monument

建一家公司 establish a company

招标建一条铁路 invite tenders for a railroad

Example phrases using "建"

• 正在建的那座楼因质量问题而塌了。

  The building under construction collapsed due to poor quality.

• 他们在筹划建一所新学校。

  They have a new school in contemplation.

• 建学校是件善事。

  Building a school is charitable work.

• 建维多利亚堤是为了让河道变窄。

  [with obj.]the Victoria Embankment was built to narrow the river.

• 又建了五间办公室来安排多出来的人。

  To accommodate the overflow five more offices have been built.

• 许多石头建的教堂全部或部分留存下来。

  A number of stone churches survive in whole or in part.

• 一片片住宅小区建起来了。

  Housing developments went up.

• 一些人对在距离活火山如此近的地方建大坝是否明智提出质疑。

  Some questioned the wisdom of building the dam so close to an active volcano.

• 一个年轻人就委员会为什么要花钱建一个游泳池的问题与他进行了交涉。

  A young man tackled him over why the council had spent money on a swimming pool.

• 把姓“周”放在名“建”的前面。

  Puts his family name "Zhou" before his given name "Jian" .