Chinese symbol for “rebuild”
重建
chóng jiàn
to rebuild; to reconstruct; to reestablish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rebuild is 重建 (chóng jiàn), defined as: to rebuild; to reconstruct; to reestablish.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rebuild”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改建 | gǎi jiàn | to rebuild; to transform (a building) |
| 再造 | zài zào | to rebuild; to reconstruct; to regenerate; (in set phrases like 恩同再造 (ēn tóng zài zào)) to save sb's life |
| 翻修 | fān xiū | to rebuild (house or road); to overhaul |
| 整修 | zhěng xiū | to repair; to refurbish |
| 翻造 | fān zào | to rebuild; to renovate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 重建.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 建设 (建設) | jiàn shè | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish; to set up |
| 建筑 (建築) | jiàn zhù | to construct; building |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rebuild”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.