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兴建 (xīng jiàn) — to build; to construct (large-scale projects)

Definition

兴建 (xīng jiàn) emphasizes initiating/launching a large construction project. Pairs with 建设 for big-scale projects; more concrete than 营造, which builds abstract things like atmosphere or culture.

verb
to buildto construct (large-scale projects)

Examples

  • 兴建。
    Shì zhèng fǔ jué dìng zài jiāo qū xīng jiàn yí zuò dà xíng tǐ yù chǎng.
    The city government decided to build a large stadium in the suburbs.
  • 兴建。
    Zhè jiā qǐ yè tóu zī wǔ yì yuán xīng jiàn xīn de shēng chǎn jī dì.
    This company invested 500 million yuan to build a new production base.
  • ，兴建。
    Wèi le gǎi shàn jiāo tōng, zhèng fǔ zhèng zài kuài sù xīng jiàn dì tiě xiàn lù.
    In order to improve transportation, the government is rapidly building subway lines.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

兴xīngstart
建jiànbuild

兴建 starts and builds large projects.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 興; 兴 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 興 shows four hands lifting an object; the simplified 兴 is not the form described.

Open 兴 →

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

  • 廴廴yǐn
  • 聿聿yù

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.

Open 建 →
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