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 方格 fāng gé checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character 宽厚 寬厚 kuān hòu tolerant / generous / magnanimous / thick and broad (build) / thick and deep (voice) syn 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 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 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 假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn 区位 區位 qū wèi geographical location / (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 區|区[qu1] and cell 位[wei4] used to specify a character in a CJK character set) 修造 xiū zào to build / to repair 同音字 tóng yīn zì Chinese character that is pronounced the same (as another character) 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 生字 shēng zì new character (in textbook) / character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied 营建 營建 yíng jiàn to build / to construct syn 再建 zài jiàn to reconstruct / to build another 简体字 簡體字 jiǎn tǐ zì simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4] syn 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 正字 zhèng zì to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling) syn 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 宝贝 寶貝 bǎo bèi treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character syn 提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 性 xìng nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 骨头 骨頭 gǔ tou bone / CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4] / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5] syn 脾气 脾氣 pí qi character / temperament / disposition / bad temper / CL:股[gu3] syn 性格 xìng gé nature / disposition / temperament / character / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 品 pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) syn 语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn 文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 本质 本質 běn zhì essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality syn 质 質 zhì character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] syn 色彩 sè cǎi tint / coloring / coloration / (fig.) flavor / character syn 品质 品質 pǐn zhì character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 塑造 sù zào to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) syn 十字 shí zì cross road / cross-shaped / crucifix / the character ten 字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3] 人气 人氣 rén qì popularity / personality / character 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 君子 jūn zǐ nobleman / person of noble character syn 心地 xīn dì character syn 回车 回車 huí chē to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 哈利波特 hā lì bō tè Harry Potter (children's book character) 原形 yuán xíng original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character syn 开朗 開朗 kāi lǎng spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree syn 西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen 人品 rén pǐn character / moral strength / integrity / (coll.) looks / appearance / bearing syn 骨气 骨氣 gǔ qì unyielding character / courageous spirit / integrity / moral backbone syn 格调 格調 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character syn 标注 標注 biāo zhù to mark out / to tag / to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to / to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin) syn 泰山 tài shān Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle) / Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan syn 品德 pǐn dé moral character syn 脚踏实地 腳踏實地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character syn 字样 字樣 zì yàng model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) syn 质地 質地 zhì dì texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition syn 字形 zì xíng form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型[zi4 xing2] 品格 pǐn gé one's character / fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar) syn 习性 習性 xí xìng character acquired through long habit / habits and properties syn 空格 kòng gé blank / blank space on a form / space / 囗 (indicating missing or illegible character) 字符 zì fú character (computing) 读音 讀音 dú yīn pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character 八字 bā zì the character 8 or 八 / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling syn 汉字 漢字 hàn zì Chinese character(s) syn 