建 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)

Contained in

• 建设主义(建設主義) constructive nature
• 提出建议(提出建議) to propose; to raise a suggestion
• 建成 to establish; to build
• 再建 to reconstruct; to build another
• 建筑业(建築業) building industry
• 封建主 feudal ruler
• 建之旁 name of Kangxi radical 54
• 建坊 a decorated archway outside a residence
• 建设公债(建設公債) infrastructure bond
• 建商 construction company; housebuilder
• 违建(違建) illegal construction
• 建国(建國) to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
• 建议(建議) to propose; to suggest; to recommend ; idea; opinion
• 建筑材料(建築材料) building materials
• 建构正义理论(建構正義理論) constructivist theory
• 破竹建瓴 smash bamboo, overturn water tank; irresistible force
• 建功 to establish merit
• 筹建(籌建) to prepare to build
• 建军节(建軍節) Army Day (August 1)
• 勤俭建国(勤儉建國) to build up the country through thrift and hard work
• 建筑工人(建築工人) construction worker; builder
• 组建(組建) to organize; to set up; to establish
• 兴建(興建) to build; to construct
• 建立正式外交关系(建立正式外交關係) formally establish diplomatic relations
• 吴建豪(吳建豪) Wu Jianhao or Vanness Wu
• 建业(建業) Jianye ; achievement
• 建照 construction permit
• 整建 to restore a damaged or aging structure; to renovate
• 大建 lunar month of 30 days
• 易建联(易建聯) Yi Jianlian
• 建言 to declare; to state; (strong) suggestion
• 建设性的批评(建設性的批評) constructive criticism
• 民建联(民建聯) Democratic alliance for the betterment (DAB)
• 住建部 Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the PRC (MOHURD)
• 封建社会(封建社會) feudal society

Also contained in

建和 、 儞攞建制 、 建始 、 建国方略 、 建三江 、 笯赤建 、 建炎 、 中国民主建国会 、 中国建设银行 、 建湖 、 虚拟现实建模语言 、 建德 、 董建华 、 建长 、 建阳市 、 建宁县

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• 卷六十三 前蜀世家第三: 王建 Volume 63: Hereditary House of Former Shu New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 129
• 卷一百三十六 僭偽列傳三: 王建 孟知祥 Volume 136: Biographies of Usurpers 3 - Wang Jian, Meng Zhixiang Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 65
• 卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 56
• 卷三百〇六 列傳第一百九十四 閹黨 焦芳 張綵 顧秉謙 崔呈秀 劉志選 曹欽程 王紹徽 霍維華 閻鳴泰 賈繼春 田爾耕 Volume 306 Biographies 194: Eunuchs - Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai, Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu, Liu Zhixuan, Cao Qincheng, Wang Shaohui, Huo Weihua, Yan Mingtai, Jia Jichun, Tian Ergeng History of Ming 明史 — count: 55
• 卷二十上 本紀第二十上: 昭宗 Volume 20 Annals 20: Zhaozong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 52
• 卷二百二十四下 列傳第一百四十九下 叛臣下 Volume 224b Biographies 149b: Treasonous Ministers 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 50
• 卷一百八十六　　列傳第一百十一 周王鄧陳齊趙二楊顧 Volume 186 Biographies 111: Zhou, Wang, Deng, Cheng, Qi, Zhao, two Yangs, Gu New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 47
• 卷八十五 志第三十八 地理一 Volume 85 Treatises 38: Geography 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 46
• 卷四十 雜傳第二十八: 李茂貞 韓建 李仁福 韓遜 楊崇本 高萬興 溫韜 Volume 40 Miscellaneous Biographies 20: Li Maozhen, han Jian, Li Renfu, Han Xun, Yang Chongben, Gao Wanxing, Wen Tao New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 45
• 卷三十七　志第七:　地理志一 Volume 37 Treatises 7: Geography 1 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 45

Collocations

• 屈建 (屈建) 屈建為莫敖 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 12
• 建邦 (建邦) 建邦設都 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命中（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue II (forged) — count: 10
• 掌建 (掌建) 掌建邦之六典 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 9
• 建侯 (建侯) 乃命建侯樹屏 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康王之誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of King Kang — count: 7
• 建旗 (建旗) 諸侯建旗 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 5
• 建鼓 (建鼓) 建鼓整列 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 建邦国 (建邦國) 凡建邦國 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 5
• 建大 (建大) 建大常 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 4
• 子建 (子建) 生大子建 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 建柶 (建柶) 建柶 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 4