建 – vocab dash

建jiàn

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Meanings

1. to establish

2. to found

3. to set up

4. to build

5. to construct

Characters used

建to establish

Examples14

这zhè所suǒ学校xuéxiào建jiàn于yú1650年nián。

The school was established in 1650.

这zhè所suǒ大学dàxué是shì什么shénme时候shíhou建jiàn的de？

When was this university founded?

我wǒ为wèi你nǐ建jiàn了le这个zhège。

I built this for you.

这zhè是shì谁shéi建jiàn的de？

Who built it?

路lù正在zhèngzài建jiàn。

The road is under construction.

我wǒ建jiàn石头shítou房子fángzi。

I build houses out of stone.