重建
chóngjiàn
to rebuild
Characters in this word
建 jiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 廴 — to walk, to go
- Made of
- 廴 to walk, to go 聿 writing brush, pencil
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 灾后重建不仅要恢复房屋，更要恢复居民对未来的信心。 Zāi hòu chóngjiàn bùjǐn yào huīfù fángwū, gèng yào huīfù jūmín duì wèilái de xìnxīn. Post-disaster reconstruction must restore not only houses, but also residents' confidence in the future.
- 大火之后，村民们一起重建了被烧毁的房子。 Dàhuǒ zhīhòu, cūnmínmen yìqǐ chóngjiàn le bèi shāohuǐ de fángzi. After the fire, the villagers rebuilt the burned house together.
- 这座老桥正在重建，行人暂时要绕路。 Zhè zuò lǎo qiáo zhèngzài chóngjiàn, xíngrén zànshí yào ràolù. The old bridge is being rebuilt, so pedestrians have to take a detour for now.
Related words
- 重 zhòng heavy; important
- 重要 zhòngyào important
- 重复 chóngfù to repeat
- 重新 chóngxīn again; from the start
- 重点 zhòngdiǎn main point; focus
- 重视 zhòngshì to value; to take seriously
- 重 chóng again; re-
- 重大 zhòngdà major; important
- 沉重 chénzhòng heavy
- 体重 tǐzhòng body weight
- 严重 yánzhòng serious
- 重量 zhòngliàng weight