jiàn

  1. jiàn verb to build; to construct
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CCD 1 '建' 1; CC-CEDCT '建'; FE '建' 1; Guoyu '建' v 2; Kroll 2015 '建' 2, p. 198; Mathews 1931 '建', p. 118)
  2. jiàn verb to establish
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD 1 '建' 2; CC-CEDCT '建'; Guoyu '建' v 1; Kroll 2015 '建' 1, p. 198; Mathews 1931 '建', p. 118)
  3. jiàn verb to propose; to suggest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD 1 '建' 3; FE '建' 2; Guoyu '建' v 4; Kroll 2015 '建' 1b, p. 198)
  4. jiàn proper noun Jian River
    Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: China , Concept: River 水名
    Notes: In Fujian (CCD 2 '建' 1)
  5. jiàn proper noun Fujian
    Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Province 省
    Notes: Another name for Fujian (CCD 2 '建' 1; Mathews 1931 '建', p. 118)
  6. jiàn verb to appoint
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '建' 1a, p. 198; Guoyu '建' v 3)
  7. jiàn verb to stand upright
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '建' 2a, p. 198)
  8. jiàn verb to determine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '建' 3, p. 198)
  9. jiàn noun area of the night sky that the Bigger Dipper points to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '建' 4, p. 198; Mathews 1931 '建', p. 118)
  10. jiàn proper noun Jian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '建' n)

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