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HSK
height / stature / build / size
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *造* | 造* | *造
to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops
HSK 3
to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *建* | 建* | *建
to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct
HSK 3
to establish / to build
HSK 3
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  *修* | 修* | *修
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)
HSK 3
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  *盖* | 盖* | *盖
lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build
HSK 4
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
HSK 4
to construct; to build
HSK 5
to build / to construct
HSK 5
to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
HSK 6
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  *搭* | 搭* | *搭
to put up / to build (scaffolding) / to hang (clothes on a pole) / to connect / to join / to arrange in pairs / to match / to add / to throw in (resources) / to take (boat, train) / variant of
HSK 6
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  *筑* | 筑* | *筑
to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
HSK 7-9
to build (housing) / to construct / to make
HSK 7-9
to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
HSK 7-9
to assemble / to concentrate / to mass / to build up / to marshal
HSK 7-9
tolerant / generous / magnanimous / thick and broad (build) / thick and deep (voice)
HSK 7-9
to build / to construct
HSK 7-9
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  *营* | 营* | *营
camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for
to build / to construct
to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc) / to make oneself look good; to build up one's image
to construct; to build / structure; framework; architecture
lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom
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  *砌* | 砌* | *砌
to build by laying bricks or stones
to build up a sequence / a succession of things, each linked to the previous one
to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded; impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
(TCM) to build up one's kidney yang; to boost male sex drive
build / body type
to nest; to build a nest
to prepare to build sth
to build / to repair
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *垒* | 垒* | *垒
rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc
to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story
to build
to strengthen one's body; to keep fit; to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)
(idiom) to build up from nothing; to start from scratch
to build / to construct
to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones
lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom) / fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities
back of a tiger and waist of a bear / tough and stocky build
physique; build
to cultivate one's mind / to build character
medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
to drill troops / to build up and train
to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health
to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do / without a clue
to reconstruct / to build another
to pull sb close to oneself / (fig.) (typically followed by 距離|距离) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship)
to build one's house
to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
to build a house
Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese government plan to provide finance and engineering expertise to build infrastructure across Eurasia and northeast Africa, unveiled in 2013
(idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work
(Tw) to build up a rapport; to cultivate a warm relationship (from Taiwanese 跋感情, Tai-lo pr. [pua̍h-kám-tsîng])
to build or repair water conservancy infrastructure (e.g. canals, reservoirs etc)
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
to put up scaffolding / to build a framework / to launch an enterprise
pig butchering scam (where the scammer builds trust with the victim over time, "fattening them up," before ultimately "slaughtering" them by taking their money); (esp.) romance scam
waist of a bear and back of a tiger / tough and stocky build
to accumulate / to collect / to build up
to build (for the first time) / to create (a building)
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
to build up public opinion / to create a fuss


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