建

jiàn

“To establish” in Chinese is 建 (jiàn).

Other characters with the syllable jian: see all 33 →

Meaning

to establish
to found
to set up

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to build
to construct

Example

这所学校是1970年建成的。

This school was founded in 1970.

From 建成 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 建

建成jiànchéngto establishHSK 3 建立jiànlìto establishHSK 3 建设jiànshèto build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to instituteHSK 3 建议jiànyìto propose; to suggest; to recommendHSK 3 建造jiànzàoto construct; to buildHSK 5 建筑jiànzhùto constructHSK 5 修建xiūjiànto buildHSK 5 重建chóngjiànto rebuild; to reconstruct; to reestablishHSK 6

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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