保健

保健

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	healthy
simp. and trad. (保健)		保	健

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎojiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² gin⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): pó-kiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: bǎojiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baojiann
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 保健 保薦／保荐 寶劍／宝剑 寶鑑／宝鉴

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² gin⁶
    • Yale: bóu gihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² gin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² gin⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ kiːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-kiān
    • Tâi-lô: pó-kiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'kien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn³³/

Verb

保健

1. to maintain one's health; to preserve health

Derived terms

保健品 (bǎojiànpǐn) 保健員／保健员 (bǎojiànyuán) 保健室 (bǎojiànshì) 保健食品 (bǎojiàn shípǐn)

大保健 (dàbǎojiàn) 小保健 (xiǎobǎojiàn) 老年保健 (lǎonián bǎojiàn)

Noun

保健

1. health protection; health care; health maintenance

Derived terms

衛生保健／卫生保健 (wèishēng bǎojiàn)

醫療保健／医疗保健 (yīliáo bǎojiàn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	健
ほ Grade: 5	けん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

保健 (hiragana ほけん, rōmaji hoken)

1. (medicine) health care