康健

kāngjiàn
adjective #76,743

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhù nín shēntǐ kāngjiàn, wànshì-rúyì.
Wishing you good health and that all goes well.
HSK 7-9
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