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健康 jiànkāng

健康 jiànkāng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 健康 jiànkāng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiànkāng | jian4 kang1
English translation
health
healthy

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Traditional form

健康 jiànkāng

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 健康 jiànkāng

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jiàn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and jiàn represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

亻建

Number of Strokes

10
Kāng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gēng represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

广隶

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 健康 jiànkāng

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为了 wèile 骨骼 gǔ gé cháng 坚固 jiāngù 健康 jiànkāng , de 食物 shíwù 需要 xūyào yǒu gài .

You need calcium in your food to grow strong, healthy bones.

yǒu 健康 jiànkāng ér 财富 cáifù 比有财富而无健康更 hǎo .

Health without riches is preferable to riches without health.

jiè diào yān jiǔ shì 改变 gǎibiàn 不良 bù liáng 健康状况 jiàn kāng zhuàng kuàng de 唯一 wéiyī 途径 tújìng .

Abstention from drinking and smoking is the only way to improve your poor health.

除了 chúle zài 波兰 Bō lán shí rǎn shǎng de diǎn 传染病 chuán rǎn bìng wài , de 健康 jiànkāng 实在 shízài hěn hǎo .

Apart from the little infection he had caught in Poland, his health was sound.

yòu pán yòu lǎn 危害 wēihài 健康 jiànkāng .

Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.

健康 jiànkāng Decomposition

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健康 jiànkāng Compounds

See all 9 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 健康 jiànkāng in their composition.

  • jiàn
    • Kāng
      • kāng , kāng , kāng , , , , , 躿,
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