建设(jiàn shè): to build
to build
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 建设 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Word information
- Pinyin
- jiàn shè
- Meaning
- to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 建設
Example sentences
How 建设 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
一座新的教学楼正在建设。
yī zuò xīn de jiào xué lóu zhèng zài jiàn shè
A new school building is under construction.
我需要去一趟中国建设银行。
wǒ xū yào qù yī tàng zhōng guó jiàn shè yín háng
I need to go to the China Construction Bank.
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