建

Pinyin: jiàn

to establish; to found; to set up; to build

Example sentence

这是谁建的?

Zhè shì shéi jiàn de?

Who built it?

Tatoeba · fucongcong ↗

What 建 means

建 (jiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to establish; to found; to set up; to build”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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