建

jiàn

verb HSK 3 #2,272

Meanings

Contains 廴 (long stride radical) — taking steps to build something.

Zhèlǐ yào jiàn yī zuò qiáo.

A bridge is going to be built here.

Jiàn yī gè Wēixìn qún ba.

Let's create a WeChat group.

Tāmen jìhuà jiàn yī suǒ xuéxiào.

They plan to build a school.

usage

建 is rarely used alone in formal Chinese. It usually appears in compounds: 建设, 建立, 建造, 建议.

culture

In modern internet slang, 建群 (jiàn qún) means 'to create a group chat' — very common on WeChat.

建 jiàn