違建

Chinese

		to disobey; to violate; to separate to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against	to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
trad. (違建)		違	建
simp. (违建)		违	建

Etymology

Short for 違章建築／违章建筑 (wéizhāng jiànzhù)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéijiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ gin³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-kiàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui⁵ giang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéijiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-chien⁴
    • Yale: wéi-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weijiann
    • Palladius: вэйцзянь (vɛjczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ gin³
    • Yale: wàih gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ kiːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: uî-kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'kiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² kiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ kiɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui⁵ giang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûi kiăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kiaŋ³⁵/

Noun

違建

1. illegally constructed building

Synonyms

• (chiefly Hong Kong) 僭建 (jiànjiàn)