改建

Chinese

		to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
simp. and trad. (改建)		改	建

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎijiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi² gin³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kái-kiàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): goi² giang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎijiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: kai³-chien⁴
    • Yale: gǎi-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaejiann
    • Palladius: гайцзянь (gajczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi² gin³
    • Yale: gói gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi² gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi² gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯³⁵ kiːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: kái-kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'kiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: goi² giang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kói kiăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ kiaŋ³⁵/

Verb

改建

1. (transitive) to refurbish; to rebuild; to convert (a building); to make alterations

   房屋改建  ―  fángwū gǎijiàn  ―  house alteration

See also

• 籌建／筹建 (chóujiàn)
• 改造 (gǎizào)
• 建立 (jiànlì)
• 修建 (xiūjiàn)