建築

See also: 建筑

Chinese

		to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	build; five-string lute
trad. (建築)		建	築
simp. (建筑)		建	筑

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 建築(けんちく) (kenchiku, “building”)

Verb

建築

1. to build; to construct; to erect (of buildings and structures)

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 修建 (xiūjiàn)
• 修築／修筑 (xiūzhù)
• 塑建 (sùjiàn)
• 建構／建构 (jiàngòu) (something abstract)
• 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)

 

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 建築

1. (countable) building; structure; edifice (Classifier: 座)

   一座很古老的建築 [MSC, trad.]
   一座很古老的建筑 [MSC, simp.]

   yī zuò hěn gǔlǎo de jiànzhù [Pinyin]

   an ancient building

2. (uncountable) construction; building

   建築工人／建筑工人  ―  jiànzhù gōngrén  ―  construction worker

   建築許可證／建筑许可证  ―  jiànzhù xǔkězhèng  ―  construction permit

   建築技術／建筑技术  ―  jiànzhù jìshù  ―  construction technology

3. (countable, uncountable) architecture (Classifier: 座)

   佛教建築／佛教建筑  ―  fójiào jiànzhù  ―  Buddhist architecture

   古代建築／古代建筑  ―  gǔdài jiànzhù  ―  ancient architecture

   綠色建築／绿色建筑  ―  lǜsè jiànzhù  ―  eco-friendly architecture

Synonyms

• (countable, building): 建築物／建筑物 (jiànzhùwù)

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
建	築
けん Grade: 4	ちく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

建(けん)築(ちく) • (kenchiku) 

1. architecture

Verb

建(けん)築(ちく)する • (kenchiku suru) suru (stem 建(けん)築(ちく)し (kenchiku shi), past 建(けん)築(ちく)した (kenchiku shita))

1. to build; to construct

Conjugation

Conjugation of "建築する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	建築し	けんちくし	kenchiku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	建築し	けんちくし	kenchiku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	建築する	けんちくする	kenchiku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	建築する	けんちくする	kenchiku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	建築すれ	けんちくすれ	kenchiku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	建築せよ¹ 建築しろ²	けんちくせよ¹ けんちくしろ²	kenchiku seyo¹ kenchiku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	建築される	けんちくされる	kenchiku sareru
Causative	建築させる 建築さす	けんちくさせる けんちくさす	kenchiku saseru kenchiku sasu
Potential	建築できる	けんちくできる	kenchiku dekiru
Volitional	建築しよう	けんちくしよう	kenchiku shiyō
Negative	建築しない	けんちくしない	kenchiku shinai
Negative continuative	建築せず	けんちくせず	kenchiku sezu
Formal	建築します	けんちくします	kenchiku shimasu
Perfective	建築した	けんちくした	kenchiku shita
Conjunctive	建築して	けんちくして	kenchiku shite
Hypothetical conditional	建築すれば	けんちくすれば	kenchiku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Descendants

• → Chinese: 建築／建筑 (jiànzhù)
• → Korean: 건축 (geonchuk)
• → Vietnamese: kiến trúc

See also

• 建(けん)築(ちく)家(か) (kenchikuka)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
建	築

Noun

建築 • (geonchuk or McCune-Reischauer: kŏnch'uk or Yale: kenchwuk) (hangeul 건축)

1. Hanja form^? of 건축 (“architecture”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
建	築

Noun

建築

1. chữ Hán form of kiến trúc (“architecture”).