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建立

jiàn lì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

建立 (jiàn lì) means "to establish". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 建立 means

1. to establish
2. to set up
3. to found

The characters in 建立

• 建jiànto establish; to found; to set up
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish

Example sentences

• 我们要建立避难所。
  Wǒmen yào jiànlì bìnànsuǒ.
  We're going to set up shelters.
• 他们建立了一个网站。
  They created a website.
• 萨米建立了自己的队伍。
  Sami formed his own team.
• 这是建立在猜测的基础上。
  Zhè shì jiànlì zài cāicè de jīchǔ shàng.
  It is founded on supposition.
• 韩国与叙利亚建立外交关系。
  South Korea established diplomatic relations with Syria.
• 伦敦是一个为马而建立的城市。
  Lúndūn shì yī gè wèi mǎ ér jiànlì de chéngshì.
  London was a city built for the horse.

Words starting with 建立

• 建立者jiàn lì zhěfounder
• 建立时间jiàn lì shí jiān(electronics) setup time; (electronics) settling time

Sounds the same

Read jiàn lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 健力powerlifting
• 监利see 监利市

Where 建立 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Building, Planning & Organizing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàn lì correctly.
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