修建

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
trad. (修建)		修	建
simp. #(修建)		修	建

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ gin³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-kiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sioujiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: syōu-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioujiann
    • Palladius: сюцзянь (sjuczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ gin³
    • Yale: sāu gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ kiːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: siu-kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'kiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ kiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn²¹/

Verb

修建

1. to build; to construct

Synonyms

• 修築／修筑 (xiūzhù)
• 塑建 (sùjiàn)
• 建構／建构 (jiàngòu) (something abstract)
• 建築／建筑 (jiànzhù) (literally or figuratively)
• 建設／建设 (jiànshè)
• 建造 (jiànzào)
• 搭 (Hokkien)
• 搭建 (dājiàn)
• 搭蓋／搭盖 (dāgài) (a temporary structure)
• 架構／架构 (jiàgòu)
• 構作／构作 (gòuzuò)
• 構建／构建 (gòujiàn) (something abstract)
• 構築／构筑 (gòuzhù)
• 構造／构造 (gòuzào)
• 營造／营造 (yíngzào)
• 版築／版筑 (bǎnzhù) (literary)
• 築／筑 (zhù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 築造／筑造 (zhùzào)
• 興修／兴修 (xīngxiū) (a large project)
• 興建／兴建 (xīngjiàn)
• 興築／兴筑 (xīngzhù) (literary)
• 起立 (qǐlì)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 蓋 (“to build; to construct (a building)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蓋, 建, 建造, 建築, 興建, 修建
Mandarin	Beijing	蓋
	Taiwan	蓋
	Harbin	蓋
	Yantai (Muping)	蓋
	Jinan	蓋
	Wanrong	蓋
	Xi'an	蓋
	Yinchuan	蓋
	Lanzhou	蓋
	Xining	蓋
	Ürümqi	蓋, 起
	Chengdu	修, 起
	Guiyang	起, 修
	Liuzhou	起
	Xuzhou	起
	Yangzhou	蓋
	Nanjing	蓋, 造
	Singapore	建
Cantonese	Guangzhou	起
	Hong Kong	起
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	起
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	起
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	起
	Taishan	起
	Dongguan	起
	Rongxian	起
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	起
	Hepu (Shatian)	做
	Guiping	起
	Guiping (Mule)	起, 整
	Pingnan	起
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	起
	Guigang (Pingdong)	起
	Beihai	起
	Beihai (Nankang)	起
	Beihai (Yingpan)	起
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	起, 做
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	起
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	做
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	起, 搭
	Singapore (Guangfu)	起
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	起
	Móng Cái	起
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	起
	Betong (Rongxian)	起
Gan	Nanchang	起
	Lichuan	做
	Pingxiang	起
Hakka	Meixian	起, 做
	Yudu	做
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	起
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	起
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	起
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	起
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	起
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	起
	Hong Kong	起
	Senai (Huiyang)	起
Huizhou	Jixi	起
Jin	Taiyuan	蓋
	Xinzhou	蓋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	開
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	起
	Matsu	起
Southern Min	Xiamen	起
	Quanzhou	起
	Zhangzhou	起
	Tainan	起
	Singapore (Hokkien)	起
	Chaozhou	起
	Shantou	起
	Jieyang	起
	Bangkok (Teochew)	起
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	起
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	起
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	起
	Singapore (Teochew)	起
	Leizhou	作
	Haikou	作
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	起
Wu	Shanghai	造
	Shanghai (Chongming)	造, 起
	Suzhou	造
	Danyang	砌
	Hangzhou	造
	Ningbo	起
	Jinhua	起
Xiang	Changsha	起
	Loudi	起

Related terms

• 籌建／筹建 (chóujiàn)
• 改建 (gǎijiàn)
• 改造 (gǎizào)
• 建立 (jiànlì)