打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn 造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn 建 jiàn to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct syn 身材 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure syn 建造 jiàn zào to construct / to build syn 个子 個子 gè zi height / stature / build / size syn 体型 體型 tǐ xíng build / body type 建设 建設 jiàn shè to build / to construct / to establish / to develop / to institute 打造 dǎ zào to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal) syn 修建 xiū jiàn to build / to construct syn 集结 集結 jí jié to assemble / to concentrate / to mass / to build up / to marshal syn 建成 jiàn chéng to establish / to build 营造 營造 yíng zào to build (housing) / to construct / to make syn 白手起家 bái shǒu qǐ jiā (idiom) to build up from nothing / to start from scratch syn 称霸 稱霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom syn 搭建 dā jiàn to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up 架构 架構 jià gòu to construct / to build / structure / framework / architecture syn 兴建 興建 xīng jiàn to build / to construct 宽厚 寬厚 kuān hòu tolerant / generous / magnanimous / thick and broad (build) / thick and deep (voice) syn 加速度 jiā sù dù acceleration 筹建 籌建 chóu jiàn to prepare to build sth 苦心经营 苦心經營 kǔ xīn jīng yíng to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts syn 构筑 構築 gòu zhù to build / to construct syn 体魄 體魄 tǐ pò physique / build syn 债台高筑 債臺高築 zhài tái gāo zhù lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom) / heavily in debt syn 拔高 bá gāo to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding syn 聚积 聚積 jù jī to accumulate / to collect / to build up syn 架空 jià kōng to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead syn 强身 強身 qiáng shēn to strengthen one's body / to keep fit / to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc) 修筑 修築 xiū zhù to build syn 修造 xiū zào to build / to repair 加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn 壮阳 壯陽 zhuàng yáng (TCM) to build up one's kidney yang / to boost male sex drive 营建 營建 yíng jiàn to build / to construct syn 再建 zài jiàn to reconstruct / to build another 陶冶情操 táo yě qíng cāo to cultivate one's mind / to build character 闭门造车 閉門造車 bì mén zào chē lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom) / fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities 补养 補養 bǔ yǎng to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health syn 搭 dā to put up / to build (scaffolding) / to hang (clothes on a pole) / to connect / to join / to arrange in pairs / to match / to add / to throw in (resources) / to take (boat, train) / variant of 褡[da1] syn 盖 蓋 gài lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build syn 垒 壘 lěi rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc syn 营 營 yíng camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for syn 筑 築 zhù to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2] syn 砌 qì to build by laying bricks or stones syn 整训 整訓 zhěng xùn to drill troops / to build up and train 金丝燕 金絲燕 jīn sī yàn Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup 搭架子 dā jià zi to put up scaffolding / to build a framework / to launch an enterprise syn 筑室道谋 築室道謀 zhù shì dào móu lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom) / fig. to have no idea what to do / without a clue 虎背熊腰 hǔ bèi xióng yāo back of a tiger and waist of a bear / tough and stocky build syn 恒加速度 恆加速度 héng jiā sù dù constant acceleration 加速计划 Acceleration Plan 千年发展目标加速框架 千年發展目標加速框架 Millennium Development Goals acceleration framework 加速保健发展的未来伙伴关系 加速保健發展的未來夥伴關系 Future Partnership for the Acceleration of Health Development 方桉加速基金 方案加速基金 Programme Acceleration Fund 关于加速西非一体化进程的巴马科宣言 關於加速西非一體化進程的巴馬科宣言 Bamako Declaration on the acceleration of the integration process in West Africa 自动加速分解温度 自動加速分解溫度 self-acceleration decomposition temperature 均方根加速度 root mean square acceleration 自由加速试验 自由加速試驗 free acceleration test 勤俭建国 勤儉建國 qín jiǎn jiàn guó (idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work 搭盖 搭蓋 dā gài to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up 熊腰虎背 xióng yāo hǔ bèi waist of a bear and back of a tiger / tough and stocky build 争面子 爭面子 zhēng miàn zi to do (sb) proud / to be a credit to (one's school etc) / to make oneself look good / to build up one's image 结庐 結廬 jié lú to build one's house 肇建 肈建 zhào jiàn to build (for the first time) / to create (a building) 身才 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure 逐渐增加 逐漸增加 zhú jiàn zēng jiā to increase gradually / to build up 造舆论 造輿論 zào yú lùn to build up public opinion / to create a fuss syn 集结军备 jí jié jūn bèi arms build-up 建设－租赁－转让 build-lease-transfer 建设－经营－转让模式 build-operate-transfer 毒素积聚 dú sù jī jù toxic build-up 污染物的累积 汙染物的累積 build-up of pollutants 大气氯累积 大氣氯累積 atmospheric chlorine build-up 大气氯蓄积 大气氯蓄積 dài qì lǜ xù jī atmospheric chlorine build-up 耀斑形成研究 yào bān xíng chéng yán jiū Flare Build-up Study 军事集结 軍事集結 military build-up 建立包容广泛的金融部门国际论坛 建立包容廣泛的金融部門國際論壇 International Forum to Build Inclusive Financial Sectors 建设－拥有－转让 建設－擁有－轉讓 build-own-transfer 建设－拥有－经营－管理 建設－擁有－經營－管理 build-own-operate-manage 建设－拥有－经营－转让 建設－擁有－經營－轉讓 build-own-operate-transfer 政府反腐倡廉战略和行动计划 政府反腐倡廉戰略和行動計劃 Strategy and Plan of Action to Fight Corruption and Build Ethics and Integrity in Public Office 垒砌 壘砌 lěi qì to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones 千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席 千里搭長棚，沒有不散的宴席 qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom) 药补 藥補 yào bǔ medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health syn 一带一路 一帶一路 yī dài yī lù Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese government plan to provide finance and engineering expertise to build infrastructure across Eurasia and northeast Africa, unveiled in 2013 拉近 lā jìn to pull sb close to oneself / (fig.) (typically followed by 距離|距离[ju4li2]) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship) 接龙 接龍 jiē lóng to build up a sequence / a succession of things, each linked to the previous one 搏感情 bó gǎn qíng (Tw) to build up a rapport / to cultivate a warm relationship (from Taiwanese 跋感情, Tai-lo pr. [pua̍h-kám-tsîng]) 盖房 蓋房 gài fáng to build a house 筑巢 築巢 zhù cháo to nest / to build a nest 