建筑物

建築物

jiànzhùwù

noun HSK 7 #7,938

Measure Word

一座建筑物 zuò

Meanings

1 building
2 structure
3 edifice

Characters

Literally 'constructed thing' — a building or structure

Examples

这座建筑物有一百多年的历史。

Zhè zuò jiànzhùwù yǒu yì bǎi duō nián de lìshǐ.

This building has over a hundred years of history.

地震中许多建筑物倒塌了。

Dìzhèn zhōng xǔduō jiànzhùwù dǎotā le.

Many buildings collapsed in the earthquake.

Tips

grammar

The suffix 物 (wù) turns an action into the resulting object: 建筑物 (building), 产物 (product), 食物 (food), 植物 (plant).

Stroke Order

建 jiàn

筑 zhù

物 wù