| 新建 | xīn jiàn | new construction / newly built |  |
| 大运河 | Dà Yùn hé | the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC | |
| 罗城 | luó chéng | a second wall built around a city wall | |
| 花厅 | huā tīng | reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden) | |
| 阿房宫 | E1 fáng Gōng | Efang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 pang2 Gong1] | |
| 阿房宫 | E1 páng Gōng | Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1] | |
| 京杭大运河 | Jīng Háng Dà Yùn hé | the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC | |
| 金屋藏娇 | jīn wū cáng jiāo | a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom) / a magnificent house built for a beloved woman | |
| 板房 | bǎn fáng | temporary housing built with wooden planks or other makeshift materials | |
| 泸定桥 | Lú dìng qiáo | Luding Bridge over Dadu river 大渡河[Da4 du4 he2] in Sichuan, built by Kangxi in 1706, linking Luding county Sichuan Luding county 瀘定縣|泸定县[Lu2 ding4 xian4] with Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州|甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] | |
| 灵渠 | Líng qú | Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安[Xing1 an1], Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] to the Pearl River 珠江[Zhu1 jiang1] | |
| 万丈高楼平地起 | wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ | towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow | |
| 大器晚成 | dà qì wǎn chéng | lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day |  |
| 驳岸 | bó àn | a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment / revetment | |
| 黄鹤楼 | Huáng hè Lóu | Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi | |
| 校地 | xiào dì | (Tw) the land on which a school is built (or is intended to be built) | |
| 京杭运河 | Jīng Háng Yùn hé | the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC | |
| 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 | bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán | three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom) / Rome wasn't built in a day | |
| 吊楼 | diào lóu | house overhanging a river, supported at the rear by stilts / house built in a hilly area, supported by stilts | |
| 屈原纪念馆 | Qū Yuán Jì niàn guǎn | Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then | |
| 应县木塔 | yìng xiàn mù tǎ | the timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple in Ying County, Shanxi, built in 1056 (Song dynasty) | |
| 昂藏 | áng cáng | tall and strongly built / stalwart / courageous | |
| 栈阁 | zhàn gé | plank road built along the side of a cliff / CL:條|条[tiao2] | |
| 正仓院 | Zhēng cāng yuàn | Shōsō-in, a timber structure in Nara, Japan, built to house hundreds of artifacts bequeathed to the Tōdai-ji temple by the Japanese emperor Shōmu, who died in 756 | |
| 海砂屋 | hǎi shā wū | house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand | |
| 豆腐渣工程 | dòu fu zhā gōng chéng | jerry-built building project / lit. built on soybean dregs | |
| 郑国渠 | Zhèng guó qú | Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC | |
| 人造环境 | rén zào huán jìng | built environment | |
| 建筑物综合环境性能评价体系 | | Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency | |
| 土楼 | tǔ lóu | traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine | |
| 燕子衔泥垒大窝 | yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō | the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle | |
| 苏花公路 | Sū huā Gōng lù | Suhua Highway, coastal road in northern Taiwan, built on the side of cliffs above the Pacific Ocean | |
| 核显 | hé xiǎn | (computing) integrated GPU (GPU built into a CPU) | |
