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筑
Zhù
1. short name for Guiyang [[貴陽|贵阳<Guìyáng>]]
Common • Top 16% ✏️ 12 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

筑
zhù
building; a five-string lute
HSK 5 12 丶

Compound Words (18)

修筑
xiūzhù
to build
建筑
jiànzhù
to construct
HSK 5
构筑
gòuzhù
to build
版筑
bǎnzhù
rammed earth (a building material)
筑波
Zhùbō
Tsukuba, university city in Ibaraki prefecture [[茨城縣|茨城县<Cíchéngxiàn>]], northeast of Tokyo, Japan
筑城
zhùchéng
fortification
建筑学
jiànzhùxué
architectural
建筑师
jiànzhùshī
architect
建筑业
jiànzhùyè
building industry
建筑物
jiànzhùwù
building
建筑群
jiànzhùqún
building complex
筑土墙
zhùtǔqiáng
a wall of rammed earth
上层建筑
shàngcéngjiànzhù
superstructure
债台高筑
zhàitáigāozhù
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
建筑工人
jiànzhùgōngrén
construction worker
筑室道谋
zhùshìdàomóu
lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do
高层建筑
gāocéngjiànzhù
high-rise building
安徽建筑工业学院
ĀnhuīJiànzhùGōngyèXuéyuàn
Anhui University of Architecture

Alternate Entries

筑
zhù
five-string lute / Taiwan pr. <zhú>
筑
zhù
to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. <zhú>

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,129
Word Frequency Rank
13,415 of 84,292

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