Chinese words · HSK 3

健康

jiànkāng

health; healthy

Every meaning

jiànkāng

  1. healthy
  2. health

In a sentence

  • 健康比钱更重要。

    Health is more important than money.

  • 我爷爷八十岁了,身体还很健康。

    My grandpa is eighty and still very healthy.

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Its characters

  • 健jiànhealthy; strong (as in 健康)
  • 康kānghealthy (as in 健康)

Words with 健

Words with 康

Meanings are from Mandarin The Wild’s own dictionary. Levels follow the official HSK word list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus, levels 7–9 shown together).