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建筑

jiàn zhù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 建築 Measure word 个

建筑 (jiàn zhù) means "building; to construct". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 建筑 means

1. to construct
2. building

The characters in 建筑

• 建jiànto establish; to found; to set up
• 筑zhùfive-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú

Example sentences

• 汤姆是建筑师。
  Tom was an architect.
• 他设计了新建筑。
  Tā shèjì le xīn jiànzhù.
  He designed the new building.
• 他是一名建筑师。
  He's an architect.
• 该建筑高一百公尺。
  Gāi jiànzhù gāo yī bǎi gōngchǐ.
  The building is one hundred meters high.
• 罗马有很多古建筑。
  Rome has a lot of ancient buildings.
• 那栋建筑是什幺呢？
  What's that building?

Words starting with 建筑

• 建筑物jiàn zhù wùbuilding; structure; edifice
• 建筑师jiàn zhù shīarchitect
• 建筑群jiàn zhù qúnbuilding complex; cluster of buildings
• 建筑学jiàn zhù xuéarchitectural; architecture
• 建筑业jiàn zhù yèbuilding industry
• 建筑工人jiàn zhù gōng rénconstruction worker; builder

Words containing 建筑

• 高层建筑gāo céng jiàn zhùhigh-rise building; skyscraper
• 上层建筑shàng céng jiàn zhùsuperstructure

Where 建筑 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Arts, Literature & Classical Culture (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 zhù correctly.
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