土建 Traditional form: 土建 Pinyin (reading): tǔjiàn Definitions: civil engineering same as 土木工程 (tǔmùgōngchéng) Characters: 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth 建 - to build, to erect; to establish, to found Traditional characters: 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth 建 - to build, to erect; to establish, to found