How to Say ‘Healthy; health’ in Traditional Chinese
健康
jiàn kāng
[jee-en-kahng]
💬 Usage Tip: [健康] can be a noun or an adjective depending on the sentence: [祝你健康] = wish you health / wish you healthy days, and [你很健康] = you are healthy. Chinese often uses the same word both ways.
Phrase Breakdown
健康
jiàn kāng
[jee-en-kahng]
healthy; health
Frequently used as a New Year blessing; can be paired with 快樂 as 健康快樂.
也祝你健康，少生病多運動。
Also wishing you good health—be sick less and exercise more.
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