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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
to build / to construct
HSK 5
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  *盖* | 盖* | *盖
lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build
HSK 4
to establish / to build
HSK 3
to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
HSK 6
to construct; to build
HSK 5
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
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
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
HSK 4
Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese government plan to provide finance and engineering expertise to build infrastructure across Eurasia and northeast Africa, unveiled in 2013
build / body type
to assemble / to concentrate / to mass / to build up / to marshal
HSK 7-9
to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
HSK 7-9
tolerant / generous / magnanimous / thick and broad (build) / thick and deep (voice)
HSK 7-9
to build
to build up a sequence / a succession of things, each linked to the previous one
physique; build
to build (housing) / to construct / to make
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded; impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
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 construct
back of a tiger and waist of a bear / tough and stocky build
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 raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
to build or repair water conservancy infrastructure (e.g. canals, reservoirs etc)
(TCM) to build up one's kidney yang; to boost male sex drive
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
to build / to construct
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *垒* | 垒* | *垒
rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc
to nest; to build a nest
to build / to construct
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)
lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom
to drill troops / to build up and train
to construct; to build / structure; framework; architecture
to cultivate one's mind / to build character
to build a house
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筑* | 筑* | *筑
to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
HSK 7-9
lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do / without a clue
to build up public opinion / to create a fuss
to build / to repair
(idiom) to build up from nothing; to start from scratch
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)
(idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work
to build (for the first time) / to create (a building)
to accumulate / to collect / to build up
medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
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
to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *营* | 营* | *营
camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
(Tw) to build up a rapport; to cultivate a warm relationship (from Taiwanese 跋感情, Tai-lo pr. [pua̍h-kám-tsîng])
to put up scaffolding / to build a framework / to launch an enterprise
to prepare to build sth
to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones
to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health
to reconstruct / to build another
to strengthen one's body; to keep fit; to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)
lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom) / fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities
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  *砌* | 砌* | *砌
to build by laying bricks or stones
to build one's house
(finance) "rat trading", a form of front-running in which a fund manager secretly builds a position in a security at low prices using personal funds, then uses public funds to drive up the price
waist of a bear and back of a tiger / tough and stocky build


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