盖房 (gài) — to build a house
Definition
盖房 (gài fáng) is a verb-object phrase meaning 'to build a house' — a separable verb: you can say 盖房子, 盖了一栋房子, or 盖了两年房.
verb
to build a house
Examples
- 盖房。Cūn lǐ hěn duō rén dōu zài gài.Many people in the village are building houses.
- 。Tā gài le sān jiān xīn fáng.He built three new rooms (of a house).
- 。Zhè jiā rén gài le liǎng nián de fáng zi cái bān jìn qù.This family built their house for two years before moving in.
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