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建設

简建设 · 繁建設

Mandarin · pinyin jiàn shè

to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute

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建: jiàn · build, establish, erect, found
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设: shè · build; establish; display

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4–4 · jian4 she4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gin3 cit3

Cantonese word readings for 建設. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(transitive) to build; to construct; to establish; to set up
(figurative, transitive) to contribute
(Mainland China, transitive, figurative) to develop; to build; to establish; to set up
(Classical) to display; to set out; to decorate; to furnish

name

(～街道) Jianshe (a subdistrict of Yuexiu district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
(～鎮) Jianshe (a town in Baiyü, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China)
(～村) Jianshe (a village in Liuji, Dawu, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

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