| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish; to set up; to found |
| 建设 | jiàn shè | to build; to construct; construction; constructive |
| 封建 | fēng jiàn | system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic |
| 建 | jiàn | to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct |
| 建筑 | jiàn zhù | to construct; building; CL:个 |
| 建议 | jiàn yì | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation; CL:个,点 |
| 建成 | jiàn chéng | to establish; to build |
| 福建 | Fú jiàn | Fujian province (Fukien) in east China, abbr. 福 or 闽, capital Fuzhou 福州 |
| 建筑物 | jiàn zhù wù | building; structure; edifice |
| 封建社会 | fēng jiàn shè huì | feudal society |
| 建国 | jiàn guó | to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 新建 | xīn jiàn | new construction; newly built; Xinjian county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi |
| 封建主义 | fēng jiàn zhǔ yì | feudalism |
| 建造 | jiàn zào | to construct; to build |
| 上层建筑 | shàng céng jiàn zhù | superstructure |
| 基建 | jī jiàn | capital construction (project); infrastructure |
| 兴建 | xīng jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 封建主 | fēng jiàn zhǔ | feudal ruler |
| 扩建 | kuò jiàn | to extend a building |
| 半封建 | bàn fēng jiàn | semi-feudal |
| 改建 | gǎi jiàn | to rebuild; to transform (a building); to refurbish |
| 重建 | chóng jiàn | reconstruction; rebuilding |
| 建交 | jiàn jiāo | to establish diplomatic relations |
| 创建 | chuàng jiàn | to found; to establish |
| 建康 | Jiàn kāng | old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties |
| 建安 | Jiàn ān | reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty |
| 建设性 | jiàn shè xìng | constructive; constructiveness |
| 建党 | jiàn dǎng | party-founding |
| 建筑材料 | jiàn zhù cái liào | building material |
| 建都 | jiàn dū | to establish a capital |
| 筹建 | chóu jiàn | to prepare to build sth |
| 福建省 | Fú jiàn shěng | Fujian province (Fukien) in east China, abbr. 福 or 闽, capital Fuzhou 福州 |
| 建筑业 | jiàn zhù yè | building industry |
| 半封建半殖民地 | bàn fēng jiàn bàn zhí mín dì | semi-feudal and semi-colonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang) |
| 建瓯 | Jiàn ōu | Jian'ou county level city in Nanping 南平 Fujian |
| 建树 | jiàn shù | to make a contribution; to establish; to found; contribution |
| 建制 | jiàn zhì | organizational structure |
| 建业 | Jiàn yè | an old name for Nanjing, called Jiankang 建康 or Jianye during the Eastern Jin (317-420) |
| 建宁 | Jiàn níng | Jianning county in Sanming 三明, Fujian |
| 中国交通建设 | Zhōng guó Jiāo tōng Jiàn shè | China Communications Construction Company |
| 中国建设银行 | zhōng guó jiàn shè yín háng | China Construction Bank |
| 中国民主建国会 | Zhōng guó Mín zhǔ Jiàn guó huì | China Democratic National Construction Association |
| 交通建设 | jiāo tōng jiàn shè | transport infrastructure |
| 再建 | zài jiàn | reconstruction |
| 创建者 | chuàng jiàn zhě | founder; creator |
| 勤俭建国 | qín jiǎn jiàn guó | to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom) |
| 吴建豪 | Wú Jiàn háo | Wu Jianhao or Vanness Wu (1978-), Taiwan pop star and actor, F4 band member |
| 土建 | tǔ jiàn | civil engineering; same as 土木工程 |
| 始建 | shǐ jiàn | to start building; first built |
