建设

jiàn shè

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

1. to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute

Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 破坏 pò huài 破坏 pò huài destruction 建设指创建，破坏指毁坏: destruction

Related words

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• 建立 jiàn lì 建立 jiàn lì to establish 更常用于抽象的组织、关系等: to establish
• 修建 xiū jiàn 修建 xiū jiàn to build 强调工程性的建筑，如修路、修桥: to build

Synonyms

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• 建筑 jiàn zhù 建筑 jiàn zhù to construct 用于房屋、桥梁等具体建筑项目时: to construct

Usage notes

Collocations

Often paired with abstract objects like 建设国家, 建设社会主义; use 建筑 for physical structures like buildings.

Common mistakes

Not interchangeable with 建立 when referring to establishing organizations or relationships; use 建立 for those contexts.

Example Sentences

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我们要 建设 人类命运共同体。

We need to build a community with a shared future for mankind.

我们努力 建设 小康社会。

We strive to build a moderately prosperous society.

我们正在 建设 一所新学校。

We are building a new school.

政府拨款 建设 学校。

The government allocates funds to build schools.

年轻人肩负着 建设 国家的重任。

Young people shoulder the heavy responsibility of building the country.

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Words Containing 建设

• 中国交通建设 中国交通建设 zhōng guó jiāo tōng jiàn shè: China Communications Construction Company
• 中国建设银行 中国建设银行 zhōng guó jiàn shè yín háng: China Construction Bank
• 住房和城乡建设部 住房和城乡建设部 zhù fáng hé chéng xiāng jiàn shè bù: Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the PRC (MOHURD)
• 建设性 建设性 jiàn shè xìng: constructive
• 新疆生产建设兵团 新疆生产建设兵团 xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán: Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan (\the Corps\), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
• 西松建设 西松建设 xī sōng jiàn shè: Nishimatsu Construction Co.

Child Words of 建设

• 建 建 jiàn: to establish
• 设 设 shè: to set up; to put in place