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jiàn

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jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
healthy
to invigorate
to strengthen
to be good at
to be strong in
strong, robust, healthy; strength

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About jiàn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

jiàn

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

Someone  rén  who can build  jiàn  things;  jiàn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of jiàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻建

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using jiàn

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zài 牙医 yá yī 那里 nà li le běn 关于 guānyú 牙齿 yáchǐ 保健 bǎo jiàn de 免费 miǎnfèi 小册子 xiǎo cè zi .

I picked up a free booklet on tooth care at the dentist's.

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.

欣赏 xīnshǎng de 目光 mùguāng kān zhāo 那个 nà ge 修剪 xiū jiǎn ǎi shù de 健壮 jiàn zhuàng de 年轻人 nián qīng rén .

She looked with appreciative eyes at the powerful young man clipping the hedge.

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.

Words with jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
健康 jiànkāng health健康 jiànkāng
jiàn healthy jiàn
健身 jiànshēn to exercise健身 jiànshēn
健全 jiànquán robust健全 jiànquán
保健 bǎo jiàn health care保健 bǎo jiàn
健身房 jiàn shēn fáng gym健身房 jiàn shēn fáng
稳健 wěn jiàn firm穩健
健忘 jiàn wàng forgetful健忘 jiàn wàng
健壮 jiàn zhuàng robust健壯
健美 jiàn měi healthy and beautiful健美 jiàn měi
强健 qiáng jiàn sturdy強健
健谈 jiàn tán entertaining in conversation健談
矫健 jiǎo jiàn vigorous矯健
健美操 jiàn měi cāo aerobics健美操 jiàn měi cāo
复健 fù jiàn rehabilitation復健
健儿 jiàn ér top athlete健兒
崔健 Cuī Jiàn Cui Jian (1961-), father of Chinese rock music崔健 Cuī Jiàn
保健操 bǎo jiàn cāo health exercises保健操 bǎo jiàn cāo
健硕 jiàn shuò well-built (physique)健碩

jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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jiàn Decomposition

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