承建 (chéng jiàn) — to construct under contract; to contract to build

Definition

承建 (chéngjiàn) means to take on a construction project under contract — the contracting builder's side of the deal, not the client's. Pairs with 工程/项目/大桥; differs from 建设 (general building/developing) by emphasizing the contractual role.

verb
to construct under contractto contract to build
Easily confused

Examples

  • 承建。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī chéng jiàn le xīn de tǐ yù guǎn.
    This company contracted to build the new gymnasium.
  • 承建。
    Nà zuò dà qiáo shì yóu yì jiā dé guó gōng sī chéng jiàn de.
    That large bridge was constructed under contract by a German company.
  • 承建。
    Zhè xiàng gōng chéng shì yóu tā men gōng sī dú lì chéng jiàn de.
    This project was independently contracted and built by their company.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

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

承chéngundertake
建jiànbuild

Both 承 and 建 contribute meanings: undertaking and building, together giving construct under contract.

Characters in this word

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

  • 卩卩jiékneeling person
  • 廾廾gǒngboth hands

承 combines 卩, a kneeling person, and 廾, both hands, to show holding or carrying.

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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.

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