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筑

zhù

HSK 5 Character

What 筑 means

1. five-string lute
2. Taiwan pr. zhú

Other readings

筑 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhùto build; to construct; to ram
• Zhùshort name for Guiyang {贵阳|Guì yáng}

Example sentences

• 鸟儿筑巢。
  Birds build nests.
• 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.
• 鸟儿在树里筑巢。
  Birds make their nests in trees.
• 鸟用细树枝筑巢。
  Birds build nests of twigs.
• 他是一名建筑师。
  He's an architect.

Words starting with 筑

• 筑波Zhù bōTsukuba (city in Japan)
• 筑城zhù chéngfortification
• 筑室道谋zhù shì dào móulit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do…
• 筑牢zhù láoto fortify; to strengthen; to firmly establish…
• 筑巢zhù cháoto nest; to build a nest

Words containing 筑

• 建筑jiàn zhùto construct; building
• 建筑物jiàn zhù wùbuilding; structure; edifice
• 建筑师jiàn zhù shīarchitect
• 构筑gòu zhùto build; to construct
• 建筑群jiàn zhù qúnbuilding complex; cluster of buildings
• 修筑xiū zhùto build
• 建筑学jiàn zhù xuéarchitectural; architecture
• 建筑业jiàn zhù yèbuilding industry
• 高层建筑gāo céng jiàn zhùhigh-rise building; skyscraper
• 上层建筑shàng céng jiàn zhùsuperstructure
• 版筑bǎn zhùto construct a rammed-earth wall
• 债台高筑zhài tái gāo zhùlit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
• 建筑工人jiàn zhù gōng rénconstruction worker; builder
• 浇筑jiāo zhùto pour (concrete etc)
• 板筑bǎn zhùvariant of 版筑

Characters built on 竹

These share the phonetic component 竹 (zhú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 符fúmark; sign; talisman
• 簿bùa book; a register; account-book
• 笃dǔ(bound form) sincere; genuine; (bound form) (of an illness) serious
• 簇cù(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile…
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 竺Zhúsurname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺; (archaic) Buddhism
• 笏hù(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
• 簌sùused in 簌簌

Characters that look like 筑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 装zhuāngadornment; to adorn; dress
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 烷wánalkane
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 绽zhànto burst open; to split at the seam
• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting

Sounds the same

Read zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 住to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 助to help; to assist
• 注(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 祝to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)…
• 著to make known; to show; to prove
• 驻to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 柱pillar
• 铸to cast or found metals
• 贮to store; to save; stockpile
• 蛀termite; to bore (of insects)
• 箸(literary) chopsticks
• 伫to stand for a long time; to wait; to look forward to