筑 zhù building
building; to build; to construct
How to remember 筑: 𥫗 bamboo + 巩 to bind = building. The workers climb the bamboo scaffold and use nylon strips to bind it tight around the new building.
Component breakdown
筑 = 𥫗 bamboo + 巩 to bind
- 𥫗 bamboo
- 巩 to bind
The workers climb the bamboo scaffold and use nylon strips to bind it tight around the new building.
How it is used
- Bound, literary-flavored morpheme for "to build" - it never appears as a standalone verb in everyday speech; you say 建 or 盖 for "to build" a building.
- 建筑 (jiànzhù) covers both "to construct" and, as a noun, "a building/architecture" - 古建筑 (gǔ jiànzhù) "ancient architecture".
- 建筑物 (jiànzhùwù) specifically means "a building (as a physical structure)", used in formal/technical writing.
Words with 筑
Example sentences
- 木头是很好的建筑材料。 Mùtou shì hěn hǎo de jiànzhù cáiliào.Wood is a very good construction material.