筑
zhùZhù HSK5

short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Guì​yáng]

筑 (築) zhù frequency
build verb
to build, construct, or erect a structure such as a wall, dam, or road

工人们在河边筑起了一道防洪堤。

gōng​rén men zài hé biān zhù qǐ le yī dào fáng​hóng​dī.

The workers built a flood control levee along the river.

ram verb
to ram, pound, or hit earth or soil to make it firm

在古代，人们通过筑土来建造房屋的基座。

zài gǔ​dài, rén​men tōng​guò zhù tǔ lái jiàn​zào fáng​wū de jī​zuò.

In ancient times, people built the foundations of houses by ramming earth.

筑 zhù
five-string lute verb
an ancient Chinese stringed musical instrument, similar to a zither, played with a stick

高渐离击筑，荆轲和而歌。

Gāo Jiān​lí jī zhù, Jīng Kē hè ér gē.

Gao Jianli played the zhu while Jing Ke sang in harmony.

筑 Zhù
Guiyang noun
short name for 贵阳 Guì​yáng, the capital of Guizhou province

贵阳市简称为‘筑’。

Guì​yáng Shì jiǎn​chēng wéi‘Zhù’.

Guiyang is abbreviated as 'Zhu'.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,130th most common 128.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,644th most common 35.1 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.38 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
12.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
築
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+7B51

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)