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健康

jiàn kāng

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

健康 (jiàn kāng) means "health". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 健康 means

1. health
2. healthy

The characters in 健康

• 健jiànhealthy; to invigorate; to strengthen
• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant

Example sentences

• 祝你健康！
  To your health!
• 父亲很健康。
  The father is in good health.
• 健康是甚么？
  What is health?
• 健康胜于财富。
  Health is above wealth.
• 吸烟有害健康。
  Smoking affects your health.
• 健康胜过财富。
  Health is better than wealth.

Words starting with 健康

• 健康保险jiàn kāng bǎo xiǎnhealth insurance
• 健康受损jiàn kāng shòu sǔnhealth damage
• 健康状况jiàn kāng zhuàng kuànghealth status
• 健康食品jiàn kāng shí pǐnhealth food
• 健康检查jiàn kāng jiǎn chásee 体格检查

Words containing 健康

• 亚健康yà jiàn kāngsuboptimal health status
• 性健康xìng jiàn kāngsexual health
• 精神健康jīng shén jiàn kāngmental health
• 全民健康保险Quán mín Jiàn kāng Bǎo xiǎnNational Health Insurance (Tw)

Sounds the same

Read jiàn kāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 建康old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties

Where 健康 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health & Illness (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàn kāng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.