BUILD 建筑
PRODUCE as a BUILDING.
Old Chinese Criteria
2. Lì 立 "to erect" focuses on the resulting uprightness of the structure, but the word.
3. Xiū 脩 focusses on the careful finishing work of construction, and the word also applies to reconstruction with careful attention paid to the finish. [See REPAIR]
4. Gòu 構 "make a structure" focusses on the fitting together of different parts, Lothar Ledderose's modules, to make a structured whole.
5. Qǐ 起 "raise (a building)" is an administrative neutral term that can refer to the building of any larger structure, and the word become current in this meaning in Han times.
6. Wéi 為 is currently used to refer specifically to the building of houses or capitals. See PRODUCE
7. Zuò 作 "take the initiative to build" a very general word to use which can refer to all sorts of making of things. See PRODUCE.
8. Jiàn 建 "to establish" is mostly used abstractly and not for concrete physical structures. See ESTABLISH
9. Jīng 經 and yíng 營 are archaic and poetic words focussing on a concerted large-scale public effort.
Modern Chinese Criteria
建 is a general modern word for establishing or building anything.
建造 is a formal word referring to the raising of a typically major building.
筑 (lit) refers to raising a building.
建立 is often figurative. See ESTABLISH
确立 focussing on building something on solid foundations.
基于 refers to something being built on certain foundations.
构造 focusses on the establishing of the structure of something.
興建 refers to the raising of a building.
營建 refers in a traditiional way to the erecting of a building.
建造
建築
興建
修建
first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH
- Lateinische Synonymik
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MENGE)
p.
106 - 東漢﹣隨常用詞演變研究
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WANG WEIHUI 2000)
p.
258 - Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary
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TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996)
p.
229
Words
築 zhù OC: tuɡ MC: ʈuk 27 Attributions
The general current word for erecting or rebuilding a permanent structure of any kind is zhù 築.
- Word relations
- Object: 城/CITY WALL
Chéng 城 refers to the inner city wall. It was originally built of rammed earth, but during the Han there were also walls built of bricks or stones.
- Syntactic words
- v[adN]builder
- vt[oN]engage in building
- vtoNbuild, erect
為 wéi OC: ɢʷal MC: ɦiɛ 10 Attributions
- Word relations
- Ant: 毀/DESTROY
The current general word for destruction of any kind is huǐ 毀, and what is destroyed may anything from a toy or a house to a state.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbuild
- vtoNiussivehave built; order to buildDS
作 zuò OC: tsaaɡs MC: tsuo̝
作 zuò OC: tsaals MC: tsɑ
作 zuò OC: tsaaɡ MC: tsɑk 9 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vt+prep+Nmiddle voicebe built from the stage N
- vtoNOBI 5: take the initiative to build
造 zào OC: sɡuuʔ MC: dzɑu 9 Attributions
- Word relations
- Assoc: 構/BUILD
Gòu 構 "make a structure" focusses on the fitting together of different parts, Ledderose's modules, to make a structured whole.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNpost-Han: arrange for the building of, erect a larger structure, HOUHANSHU 造構
成 chéng OC: djeŋ MC: dʑiɛŋ 8 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNfinish the building process of, get built
- vtoNpassiveget finished as a building
起 qǐ OC: khɯʔ MC: khɨ 8 Attributions
Qǐ 起 "raise (a building)" is an administrative neutral term that can refer to the building of any larger structure, and the word become current in this meaning in Han times.
- Syntactic words
- vt(oN)raise the contextually determinate building
- vtoNcommon Han usage: raise (a building)
構 gòu OC: koos MC: ku 7 Attributions
Gòu 構 "make a structure" focusses on the fitting together of different parts, Ledderose's modules, to make a structured whole.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNconstruct, design (a house etc)
- vtoNfigurativecreate (trouble etc)
修 xiū OC: sqlɯw MC: sɨu 6 Attributions
Xiū 脩 focusses on the careful finishing work of construction, and the word also applies to reconstruction with careful attention paid to the finish. [See REPAIR]
- Syntactic words
- nabactact of building/producing
- vtoNbuild up and keep in good repair; typically jussive: have built
- vtoNpassivebe builtCH
營 yíng OC: ɢʷleŋ MC: jiɛŋ 6 Attributions
Jīng 經 and yíng 營 focus on the the planning effort required in large-scale construction work.
- Syntactic words
- nabmethodplan (typically for a building)
- vadNbuilt; constructed; excavated
- vtoNto plan and lay out; to build
- vtoNfigurativebuild up (good relations etc)
起立 qǐ lì OC: khɯʔ ɡ-rub MC: khɨ lip 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)build the contextually determinate edifice
- VPtoNbuild, raise, erect (a building)
設 shè OC: qhjed MC: ɕiɛt 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nfigurativewhat is built up as a figment of the imagination: inventions
- vtoNbuild (a house)
- vtoNpassivebe built; be arrangedDS
廬 lú OC: k-ra MC: li̯ɤ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vt+prep+Nbuild a hut to live in at N
- vt[oN]occasionally verbal: build a small hut
建 jiàn OC: kans MC: ki̯ɐn 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbuild, erect, set up; establish (a person in a position)
架 jià OC: kraals MC: kɣɛ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbuild (a nest, house, etc.)
立 lì OC: ɡ-rub MC: lip 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbuild up physically
- vtoNpassivebe built, be set up
置 zhì OC: tɯɡs MC: ʈɨ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNset up, build (city wall etc)
興 xīng OC: qhɯŋ MC: hɨŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbuild; have built
豎 shù OC: djoʔ MC: dʑi̯o 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativecause to rise up > erect; build
興立 xīng lì OC: qhɯŋ ɡ-rub MC: hɨŋ lip 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNbuild, construct, raise (a building)
治 chí OC: rlɯ MC: ɖɨ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNorganise the production of
結 jié MC: ket OC: kiidDS 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbuild (a hut)DS
脩 xiū OC: sqlɯw MC: sɨu 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbuild up again
修造 xiū zào OC: sqlɯw sɡuuʔ MC: sɨu dzɑu 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNiussivehave built for oneself
改作 gǎi zuò OC: klɯɯʔ tsaaɡ MC: kəi tsɑk 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)omrebuild something contextually determinate anew
Existing SW for
Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: