"Build" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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建设 jiàn shè to build / to construct / construction / constructive
身材 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure
修建 xiū jiàn to build / to construct
个子 gè zi height / stature / build / size
盖 gài lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build
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]
打造 dǎ zào to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
建成 jiàn chéng to establish / to build
营造 yíng zào to build (housing) / to construct / to make
建造 jiàn zào to construct / to build
架构 jià gòu to construct / to build / structure / framework / architecture
搭建 dā jiàn to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
兴建 xīng jiàn to build / to construct
构筑 gòu zhù to build / to construct
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
体型 tǐ xíng build / body type
修筑 xiū zhù to build
体魄 tǐ pò physique / build
营建 yíng jiàn to build / to construct
创制 chuàng zhì to create / to inaugurate / to contrive / to build (a mechanism)
修造 xiū zào to build / to repair
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
建 jiàn to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct
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
营 yíng camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for
盘 pán plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess
筑 zhù to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
艁 zào variant of 造, to make / to build / to invent / to manufacture
搭盖 dā gài to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
肇建 zhào jiàn to build (for the first time) / to create (a building)
身才 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure
集结 jí jié to assemble / to concentrate / to mass / to build up / to marshal
加盖 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
筹建 chóu jiàn to prepare to build sth
称霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom
壮阳 zhuàng yáng (TCM) to build up one's kidney yang / to boost male sex drive
白手起家 bái shǒu qǐ jiā to build up from nothing / to start from scratch
强身 qiáng shēn to strengthen one's body / to keep fit / to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)
再建 zài jiàn to reconstruct / to build another
苦心经营 kǔ xīn jīng yíng to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
拔高 bá gāo to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
陶冶情操 táo yě qíng cāo to cultivate one's mind / to build character
闭门造车 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
聚积 jù jī to accumulate / to collect / to build up
债台高筑 zhài tái gāo zhù lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom) / heavily in debt
补养 bǔ yǎng to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health
整训 zhěng xùn to drill troops / to build up and train
垒 lěi rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc
砌 qì to build by laying bricks or stones
筑室道谋 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
金丝燕 jīn sī yàn Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species &ndash / Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus &ndash / 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
勤俭建国 qín jiǎn jiàn guó to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
盖房 gài fáng to build a house
熊腰虎背 xióng yāo hǔ bèi waist of a bear and back of a tiger / tough and stocky build
争面子 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 jié lú to build one's house
逐渐增加 zhú jiàn zēng jiā to increase gradually / to build up
造舆论 zào yú lùn to build up public opinion / to create a fuss
建立包容广泛的金融部门国际论坛  International Forum to Build Inclusive Financial Sectors
政府反腐倡廉战略和行动计划  Strategy and Plan of Action to Fight Corruption and Build Ethics and Integrity in Public Office
垒砌 lěi qì to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席 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 yào bǔ medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
一带一路 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[ju4 li2]) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship)
接龙 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])
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