改建 (gǎi jiàn) — to reconstruct; to rebuild

Definition

verb

to reconstructto rebuild

改建。
Tā men jué dìng gǎi jiàn zhè zuò lǎo fáng zi.
They decided to reconstruct this old house.
改建。
Zhè jiā gōng chǎng jīng guò gǎi jiàn hòu shēng chǎn xiào lǜ tí gāo le.
After being rebuilt, this factory's production efficiency improved.
改建。
Zhèng fǔ jì huà míng nián gǎi jiàn zhè tiáo gāo sù gōng lù.
The government plans to rebuild this highway next year.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

建jiànconstruct

改 and 建 both refer to altering and constructing, so together they mean rebuild.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攴攴pū

Sound part声符shēngfú

巳

巳sì改gǎi

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

An early form of 改 paired 巳 as a sound part with 攴 as a meaning part; the sound part later changed.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

廴聿建

The shape 建 shows 廴 and 聿, but it comes from an older drawing of a hand planting a pole into a base; the lower part of 聿 is not a brush.

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