1a common Chinese personal name (黄 surname + 建华 'build China'); notable bearer: Huang Jianhua (1936–2012, lexicographer, editor-in-chief of the 《法汉大词典》 Grand French-Chinese Dictionary)
Huang Jianhua spent nearly two decades compiling the 《法汉大词典》 (2003) at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies — a 4000-page work still considered the definitive Chinese reference for French.
culture
建华 ('build China', with 华 as the poetic name for China) is a classic patriotic given name from the 1950s–60s, in the same mould as 建国 and 建军.
