"to construct" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
建	jiàn	v.	to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct	syn
建筑建築	jiàn zhù	v., n.	to construct / building / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
建造	jiàn zào	v.	to construct / to build	syn
建设建設	jiàn shè	v.	to build / to construct / to establish / to develop / to institute
修建	xiū jiàn	v.	to build / to construct	syn
营造營造	yíng zào	v.	to build (housing) / to construct / to make	syn
构建構建	gòu jiàn	v.	to construct (sth abstract)
铺设鋪設	pū shè		to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab)	syn
架设架設	jià shè		to construct / to erect	syn
架构架構	jià gòu		to construct / to build / structure / framework / architecture	syn
兴建興建	xīng jiàn	v.	to build / to construct
构筑構築	gòu zhù		to build / to construct	syn
建构建構	jiàn gòu		to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) / to set up / to develop / construction (abstract) / architecture
营建營建	yíng jiàn		to build / to construct	syn
筑築	zhù	v.	to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]	syn
构構	gòu		to construct / to form / to make up / to compose / literary composition / paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)	syn
簗	zhù		to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2] / erroneous variant of 築\|筑[zhu4]
辟建闢建	pì jiàn		(Tw) to construct (on undeveloped land)

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
开路開路	kāi lù	to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit	syn
承建	chéng jiàn	to construct under contract
建模	jiàn mó	to construct a model (an abstract model, as in applied mathematics or machine learning etc)
吊装吊裝	diào zhuāng	to construct by hoisting ready-built components into place
版筑版築	bǎn zhù	to construct a rammed-earth wall
督建	dū jiàn	to supervise and construct / constructed under the supervision of
统建統建	tǒng jiàn	to develop as a government project / to construct under the authority of a commission
板筑板築	bǎn zhù	to construct a rammed-earth wall / variant of 版築\|版筑[ban3 zhu4]
盖楼蓋樓	gài lóu	to construct a building / (Internet slang) to reply to a thread
便辞巧说	biàn cí qiǎo shuō	(idiom) To force facts or reasoning in order to construct an artificial argument.
遣词造句	qiǎn cí zào jù	(idiom) To choose words and construct sentences. It refers to vocabulary selection and sentence formation, especially in writing.
随方逐圆隨方逐圓	suí fāng zhú yuán	(idiom) ① To conduct oneself without fixed principles. ② To design and construct something according to its shape, terrain, or other concrete features.

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