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建筑 jiànzhù “to construct” in Chinese

Traditional 建築

What 建筑 means

  1. to construct
  2. building

Measure word 个 gè · 一个建筑 yí ge jiànzhù

How to say 建筑

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale建jiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale筑zhù4th tone, falling

建筑 in a sentence

  1. 请在建筑的入口处等我。

    Qǐng zài jiànzhù de rùkǒuchù děng wǒ.

    Please wait for me at the entrance to the building.

    Sentence #1426560 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这里现在有了许多新建筑。

    Zhèlǐ xiànzài yǒu le xǔduō xīn jiànzhù.

    There are a lot of new buildings here now.

    Sentence #5624986 from Tatoeba

  3. 罗马以其古代建筑而闻名。

    Luómǎ yǐ qí gǔdài jiànzhù ér wénmíng.

    Rome is famous for its ancient architecture.

    Sentence #797139 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 建筑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 建 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
建jiànto establish
  • 聿brush · yùSound part
  • 廴stride · yǐnMeaning part

廴 hints at the meaning (stride); 聿 (yù) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiàn.

The character 筑 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
筑zhùfive-string lute
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
  • 巩to bind · gǒng

How to write 建筑

建 8 strokes · 筑 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

建筑 (jiànzhù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 建筑 (jiànzhù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 建筑

Words with 建

建议jiànyì · to propose建立jiànlì · to establish建设jiànshè · to build修建xiūjiàn · to build封建fēngjiàn · feudal

More words: Places & Geography

公寓gōngyù · apartment building广场guǎngchǎng · public square胡同hútòng · lane家乡jiāxiāng · hometown酒吧jiǔbā · bar名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites农村nóngcūn · rural area欧洲Ōuzhōu · Europe

FAQs

建筑 (jiànzhù) means “to construct” or “building”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiànzhù: jiàn with a 4th tone, then zhù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 建筑 is written 建築. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to construct is 一个建筑 (yí ge jiànzhù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianzhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 建筑 from the suggestions. Typing jianzhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
建筑 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.