康健

kāngjiàn
adjective #76,743

Meanings

  1. 1 healthy; in good health
  2. 2 fit; well

Examples

Zhù nín shēntǐ kāngjiàn, wàn shì rúyì.
Wishing you good health and that all goes well.
Lǎorénjiā suīrán niánjì dà le, yīrán shífēn kāngjiàn.
Although the elderly gentleman is advanced in years, he is still very healthy.

Tips

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More formal/literary than 健康 (jiànkāng). 康健 is a near-synonym with the characters reversed, and it's most often heard in well-wishes — birthdays, New Year greetings, letters to elders. In neutral everyday speech, default to 健康.

Stroke Order

kāng
jiàn