建筑物 (jiàn zhù wù) — building, structure | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A concrete, physical building or structure — the noun for an actual constructed object, stronger and more specific than 建筑. For an organization's structure use 结构 or 机构.

noun

buildingstructure

Measure word · 座

Examples

建筑物。
Zhè zuò jiàn zhù wù yǒu sān shí céng lóu gāo.
This building is thirty stories tall.
建筑物。
Dì zhèn hòu xǔ duō jiàn zhù wù dōu dǎo tā le.
Many buildings collapsed after the earthquake.
建筑物。
Zhèng fǔ jì huà zài hé biān xīn jiàn yí zuò jiàn zhù wù.
The government plans to build a new structure by the river.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

建筑build/construct

建jiànbuild筑zhùconstruct

联合Coordinate

建筑 means build or construct, and 物 means thing; together they denote a constructed thing or structure.

Characters in this word

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

廴聿建

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 築; 筑 is its simplified writing.

筑木築

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

筑

筑zhù築zhù

Same sound today

The traditional form 築 pairs 木 (wood) with 筑, which gives the sound; the simplified 筑 is a later shorthand.

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

牛勿物

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

勿

勿wù物wù

Same sound today

物 puts 牛 beside 勿: 牛 gives the meaning, and 勿 gives the sound.

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