盖房

蓋房

gàifáng

verb #31,730

Meanings

1 to build a house
2 to put up a house

Characters

to cover; to build

Examples

他们在乡下盖房。

Tāmen zài xiāngxià gàifáng.

They are building a house in the countryside.

盖房子要花不少钱。

Gài fángzi yào huā bùshǎo qián.

Building a house costs quite a lot of money.

Tips

usage

盖房 is the colloquial verb for putting up a house — the fuller form 盖房子 (gài fángzi) is just as common. Compare with 建造 (jiànzào, to construct), which is more formal and used for any structure, not just dwellings.

Stroke Order

盖 gài

房 fáng