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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

改 gǎi
to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
radical 66 ⽁ · 7 strokes
建 jiàn
to build, to erect; to establish, to found
radical 54 ⼵ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “refurbish”

WordPinyinMeaning
刷新shuā xīnto renovate; to refurbish
整修zhěng xiūto repair; to refurbish
翻新fān xīnto revamp; a face-lift

Related words

Other words that share a character with 改建.

WordPinyinMeaning
改变 (改變)gǎi biànto change; to alter
改革gǎi géreform; measure word: 次 (cì), 种 (zhǒng), 项 (xiàng)
改善gǎi shànto make better; to improve
修改xiū gǎito amend; to alter
改造gǎi zàoto transform; to reform
改进 (改進)gǎi jìnto improve; to make better; improvement
建设 (建設)jiàn shèto build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
建立jiàn lìto 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.

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