建设 jiànshè to build
to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
How to remember 建设: 建 to build + 设 to build = to build.
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How it is used
- To build up/develop, usually large-scale and often abstract or national: 经济建设 (jīngjì jiànshè) economic development; 城市建设.
- Register is formal/developmental; you 建设 a country, a system, or infrastructure.
- Contrast 建造 (physically build one structure); 建设 is the broad developing/构建 effort.
Example sentences
- 一座新的教学楼正在建设。 Yīzuò xīn de jiàoxuélóu zhèngzài jiànshè.A new school building is under construction.