Chinese symbol for “refurbish”
改建
gǎi jiàn
to rebuild; to transform (a building); to refurbish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for refurbish is 改建 (gǎi jiàn), defined as: to rebuild; to transform (a building); to refurbish.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “refurbish”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刷新 | shuā xīn | to renovate; to refurbish |
| 整修 | zhěng xiū | to repair; to refurbish |
| 翻新 | fān xīn | to revamp; a face-lift |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 改建.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 改革 | gǎi gé | reform; measure word: 次 (cì), 种 (zhǒng), 项 (xiàng) |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 改造 | gǎi zào | to transform; to reform |
| 改进 (改進) | gǎi jìn | to improve; to make better; improvement |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “refurbish”.
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.