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Zhù

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Zhù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Zhù | Zhu4
English translation
short name for Guiyang 貴陽
>贵阳 Guì yáng [Guì yáng]
five-string lute
Taiwan pr. [zhú]
to build
to construct
to ram
to hit
building; a five-string lute

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About Zhù

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zhù

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A strong   gǒng  bamboo  zhú  building;  zhú also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of Zhù

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⺮巩

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Example sentences using Zhù

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shuì dòng Xīn 建筑 jiànzhù 只是 zhǐ shì 仿 fǎng 古典 gǔdiǎn 传统 chuántǒng .

He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions.

这种 zhè zhǒng 建筑 jiànzhù 造价 zào jià jiào Gāo .

It costs much to build this kind of building.

许多 xǔduō 公司 gōngsī 工厂 gōngchǎng de 建筑 jiànzhù mài 出去 chū qù , 然后 ránhòu zài 回来 huí lai 使用 shǐyòng .

Many more firms are selling the buildings in which their factories are, and leasing them back.

一面 yī miàn guà zài 烧毀 de 建筑物 jiàn zhù wù 房顶 fáng dǐng shǎng .

A tattered flag hung from the roof of the burnt - out building.

西班牙 Xī bān yá 领事馆 lǐngshìguǎn shì 银行 yínháng 对面 duìmiàn de 那栋高大 gāo dà de 白色 bái sè 建筑物 jiàn zhù wù .

The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.

Words with Zhù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
建筑 jiànzhù to construct建築
建筑物 jiàn zhù wù building建築物
建筑师 jiàn zhù shī architect建築師
Zhù to build zhù
构筑 gòu zhù to build構築
建筑业 jiàn zhù yè building industry建築業
建筑学 jiàn zhù xué architectural建築學
建筑群 jiàn zhù qún building complex建築群
修筑 xiū zhù to build修築
上层建筑 shàng céng jiàn zhù superstructure上層建築
债台高筑 zhài tái gāo zhù lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt債臺高築
安徽建筑工业学院 Ān huī Jiàn zhù Gōng yè Xué yuàn Anhui University of Architecture安徽建築工業學院

Zhù Decomposition & Compounds

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Zhù Decomposition

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Zhù Compounds

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