健康

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See also: 建康

Chinese

healthy peaceful; spongy (of radishes)
trad. (健康)
simp. #(健康)
anagram 康健

Pronunciation


Note:
  • giêng6 kang1 - Chaozhou;
  • giang6 kang1 - Shantou.

Adjective

健康

  1. (of a person) healthy (free from disease or disorder); good; well
    健康生活  ―  jiànkāng shēnghuó  ―  to lead a healthy lifestyle
    身體健康萬事如意 [MSC, trad.]
    身体健康万事如意 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhù nǐ shēntǐ jiànkāng, wànshìrúyì.
    Wish you good health, and all the best.
  2. (of a thing) healthy (without problems or defects); sound; normal; good; well
    健康發展健康发展  ―  jiànkāng fāzhǎn  ―  sound development

Synonyms

  • (healthy):

Noun

健康

  1. health; physique; fitness
    健康狀況健康状况  ―  jiànkāng zhuàngkuàng  ―  health condition
    腸道健康肠道健康  ―  chángdào jiànkāng  ―  gut health
    職業健康安全职业健康安全  ―  zhíyè jiànkāng ānquán  ―  occupational health and safety
    健康常識健康常识  ―  jiànkāng chángshí  ―  elementary health knowledge
    健康大數據健康大数据  ―  jiànkāng dàshùjù  ―  health-related big data

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (健康):
  • Japanese: 健康(けんこう) (kenkō)
  • Korean: 건강(健康) (geon'gang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 4
こう
Grade: 4
kan'on on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

(けん)(こう) (kenkōけんかう (kenkau)?-na (adnominal (けん)(こう) (kenkō na), adverbial (けん)(こう) (kenkō ni))

  1. healthy, fit

Inflection

Noun

(けん)(こう) (kenkōけんかう (kenkau)?

  1. health

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

健康 (geon'gang) (hangeul 건강)

  1. hanja form? of 건강 (health)

Derived terms

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

健康

  1. chữ Hán form of kiện khang (healthy; well).