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建筑

jiàn zhù 4–4

to construct; building

HSK level
HSK 5
HSK 2.0 level 5 · HSK 3.0 level 5
Characters
2
建 · 筑
Syllables
2
jiàn zhù
Frequency
Common
corpus count 1,649

Part of speech: n,vn,v

Character by character

  • 建jiàn9 strokesHSK 3build, establish, erect, found
  • 筑zhù12 strokesHSK 5 traditional 築ancient lute; build

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 他们保存了这建筑。

    Tā men bǎo cún le zhè jiàn zhù

    They have preserved the building.

  • 请在建筑的入口处等我。

    Qǐng zài jiàn zhù de rù kǒu chǔ děng wǒ

    Please wait for me at the entrance of the building.

  • 特种部队包围了建筑物。

    Tè zhǒng bù duì bāo wéi le jiàn zhù wù

    Special forces surrounded the building.

  • 这里现在有了许多新建筑。

    Zhè lǐ xiàn zài yǒu le xǔ duō xīn jiàn zhù

    There are a lot of new buildings here now.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 建筑. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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