建 (jiàn) means Build (construct - to found). Below are 24 of the 41 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
谢谢你诚恳的 建 议。
Xièxie nǐ chéngkěn de jiànyì.
Thank you for your sincere advice.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 诚恳
城市 建 设越来越好。
Chéngshì jiànshè yuè lái yuè hǎo.
The city's construction keeps improving.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 建设
这座 建 筑很有特色。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù hěn yǒu tèsè.
This building is quite distinctive.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 建筑
信任需要慢慢 建 立。
Xìnrèn xūyào mànmàn jiànlì.
Trust has to be built slowly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 信任
这座 建 筑十分宏伟。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù shífēn hóngwěi.
This building is truly magnificent.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宏伟
这座 建 筑很有气魄。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù hěn yǒu qìpò.
This building has real grandeur.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气魄
我 建 议你早点儿出发。
Wǒ jiànyì nǐ zǎodiǎnr chūfā.
I suggest you set off a bit earlier.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 建议
他接受了我们的 建 议。
Tā jiēshòu le wǒmen de jiànyì.
He accepted our suggestion.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 接受
这座桥是用钢铁 建 的。
Zhè zuò qiáo shì yòng gāngtiě jiàn de.
This bridge is built of steel.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 钢铁
领导采纳了他的 建 议。
Lǐngdǎo cǎinà le tā de jiànyì.
The management adopted his suggestion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采纳
宫殿的 建 筑十分雄伟。
Gōngdiàn de jiànzhù shífēn xióngwěi.
The palace architecture is most imposing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雄伟
这座桥修 建 于上世纪。
Zhè zuò qiáo xiūjiàn yú shàng shìjì.
This bridge was built in the last century.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 修建
这是一座庄严的 建 筑。
Zhè shì yí zuò zhuāngyán de jiànzhù.
This is a stately building.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 庄严
他提了一个很好的 建 议。
Tā tí le yí ge hěn hǎo de jiànyì.
He put forward a very good suggestion.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 提
这座城 建 于公元五百年。
Zhè zuò chéng jiàn yú gōngyuán wǔbǎi nián.
This city was built in the year 500 AD.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公元
他们 建 立了良好的关系。
Tāmen jiànlì le liánghǎo de guānxi.
They established a good relationship.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 建立
学校 建 立于一九五零年。
Xuéxiào jiànlì yú yī jiǔ wǔ líng nián.
The school was founded in 1950.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 建立
他参与了这条路的 建 设。
Tā cānyù le zhè tiáo lù de jiànshè.
He took part in building this road.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 建设
医生 建 议母亲坚持哺乳。
Yīshēng jiànyì mǔqīn jiānchí bǔrǔ.
The doctor advised the mother to keep breastfeeding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哺乳
这座 建 筑左右完全对称。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù zuǒyòu wánquán duìchèn.
This building is perfectly symmetrical from left to right.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 对称
这座宫殿 建 于四百年前。
Zhè zuò gōngdiàn jiàn yú sìbǎi nián qián.
This palace was built four hundred years ago.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宫殿
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建 appears in 41 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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How is 建 used in a sentence?
This page shows 41 sentences using 建 (jiàn, "Build (construct - to found)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
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Why do some sentences show 建 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 建 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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