僭建

Chinese

		usurp	to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
trad. (僭建)		僭	建
simp. #(僭建)		僭	建

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim³ gin³ / cim³ gin³ / cim⁵ gin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannjiann
    • Palladius: цзяньцзянь (czjanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 件件 僭建 漸漸／渐渐 濺濺／溅溅

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim³ gin³ / cim³ gin³ / cim⁵ gin³
    • Yale: jim gin / chim gin / chíhm gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim³ gin³ / tsim³ gin³ / tsim⁵ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim³ gin³ / qim³ gin³ / qim⁵ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm³³ kiːn³³/, /t͡sʰiːm³³ kiːn³³/, /t͡sʰiːm¹³ kiːn³³/

Note:

• cim3 gin3, cim5 gin3 - colloquial variants;
• zim3 gin3 - rare.

Verb

僭建

1. (Hong Kong) to add structures to a house illegally; to do unauthorised building works
   • 1983 December 18, “「奮力行動」週二觀塘展開”, in 新聞公報‎^[1]:

     麥氏說，僭建建築物不單只引起嚴重的環境滋擾，並造成阻塞及增加火警危險，因而經常被市民投訴。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     麦氏说，僭建建筑物不单只引起严重的环境滋扰，并造成阻塞及增加火警危险，因而经常被市民投诉。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     mak⁶ si⁶ syut³, cim⁵ gin³ gin³ zuk¹ mat⁶ bat¹ daan¹ zi² jan⁵ hei² jim⁴ zung⁶ dik¹ waan⁴ ging² zi¹ jiu², bing⁶ zou⁶ sing⁴ zo² sak¹ kap⁶ zang¹ gaa¹ fo² ging² ngai⁴ him², jan¹ ji⁴ ging¹ soeng⁴ bei⁶ si⁵ man⁴ tau⁴ sou³. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2013 January 9, CY Leung from a Chief Executive election forum held on 2012-03-16, quotee, parliamentary debates (LegCo)‎^[2], paragraph 12, page 3114:

     唐英年先生，好多人話，你嘅僭建問題，唔係單純嘅僭建問題，而係公開咁向市民講大話，隱瞞你嘅僭建問題。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     唐英年先生，好多人话，你嘅僭建问题，唔系单纯嘅僭建问题，而系公开咁向市民讲大话，隐瞒你嘅僭建问题。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     tong⁴ jing¹ nin⁴ sin¹ saang¹, hou² do¹ jan⁴ waa⁶, nei⁵ ge³ cim³ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴, m⁴ hai⁶ daan¹ seon⁴ ge³ cim³ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴, ji⁴ hai⁶ gung¹ hoi¹ gam² hoeng³ si⁵ man⁴ gong² daai⁶ waa⁶, jan² mun⁴ nei⁵ ge³ cim³ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴. [Jyutping]

     Mr Henry Tang, many people has said that your unauthorized building works problem is not solely an unauthorized building works problem, but is publicly telling lies to the public, hiding your unauthorized building works problem.

Synonyms

• 違建／违建 (wéijiàn)