建築

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See also: 建筑

Chinese

to establish; to found; to set up
to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
 
build; five-string lute
trad. (建築)
simp. (建筑)
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Pronunciation


Note:
  • giêng6 dog4 - Chaozhou;
  • giang6 dog4 - Shantou.

Verb

建築

  1. (literally or figuratively, transitive) to build; to construct; to erect (buildings and structures)
    建築高樓建筑高楼  ―  jiànzhù gāolóu  ―  to erect tall buildings

Synonyms

Noun

建築

  1. (countable) building; structure; edifice (Classifier: )
    古老建築 [MSC, trad.]
    古老建筑 [MSC, simp.]
    yī zuò hěn gǔlǎo de jiànzhù
    an ancient building
    艾菲爾鐵塔巴黎標誌性建築 [MSC, trad.]
    艾菲尔铁塔巴黎标志性建筑 [MSC, simp.]
    Àifēi'ěr Tiětǎ shì Bālí de biāozhìxìng jiànzhù.
    The Eiffel Tower is Paris's landmark structure.
    建築看上去有些年頭 [MSC, trad.]
    建筑看上去有些年头 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè jiànzhù kàn shàngqù yǒuxiē niántóu le.
    This building looks old.
  2. (uncountable) construction; building
    建築工人建筑工人  ―  jiànzhù gōngrén  ―  construction worker
    建築許可證建筑许可证  ―  jiànzhù xǔkězhèng  ―  construction permit
    建築技術建筑技术  ―  jiànzhù jìshù  ―  construction technology
  3. (countable, uncountable) architecture (Classifier: )
    佛教建築佛教建筑  ―  fójiào jiànzhù  ―  Buddhist architecture
    古代建築古代建筑  ―  gǔdài jiànzhù  ―  ancient architecture
    綠色建築绿色建筑  ―  lǜsè jiànzhù  ―  eco-friendly architecture
  4. (countable, figurative) structure; construction
    上層建築上层建筑  ―  shàngcéng jiànzhù  ―  superstructure

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Derived terms

Japanese

 建築 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 4
ちく
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(けん)(ちく) (kenchiku

  1. architecture

Derived terms

Verb

(けん)(ちく)する (kenchiku surusuru (stem (けん)(ちく) (kenchiku shi), past (けん)(ちく)した (kenchiku shita))

  1. to build; to construct

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

建築 (geonchuk or McCune-Reischauer: kŏnch'uk or Yale: kenchwuk) (hangeul 건축)

  1. hanja form? of 건축 (architecture)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

建築

  1. chữ Hán form of kiến trúc (architecture).