健康 (gin6 hong1 | jian4 kang1) : health, healthy, in good health

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健康

gin6 hong1

jian4 kang1

health, healthy, in good health | [粵]: also 康健

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 42,800,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

健康

This word has been viewed 7998 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 29th Sep 2004 18:52 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

健 gin6 - strong; healthy
康 hong1 - peaceful; healthy; bountiful; broad

8 compounds containing this word:

身體健康 - 'wishing you good health!' (festive greeting)
精神健康 - mental health
不健康 - has health problems
不健康的食品 - unhealthy food
健康保險 - health insurance
香港健康情緒中心 - Hong Kong Mood Disorders Center
健康資訊資源中心 - Healthy Information Resource Centre
健康維持組織 - Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)

Showing all 7 examples containing 健康

生果對健康有益
Fresh fruit is good for your health

牛奶有益健康國
Milk is good for your health.

吸煙危害健康, 只要每日一枝, 已經足以致命
Smoking is very harmful; as long as you smoke one cigarette a day, it's enough to cause death

聽人講手指甲凹凹凸凸係表示健康有問題粵
I hear that uneven finger nails means that there are some health issues.

一日飲八杯水先至夠健康！粵
Drinking eight glasses of water per day, only then we will be in good health!

生果係一種有益健康嘅食物粵
Fresh fruit is a kind of food that's beneficial to health.

我最近戒咗煙，吸煙危害健康吖嘛! 粵
I've recently quit smoking, 'cause smoking is hazardous to health, right !
[吖嘛 is used here to reason out a statement that seems evidently true.]

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