健在

Chinese

healthy
 
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
simp. and trad.
(健在)

Pronunciation


Adjective

健在

  1. (of a person of advanced age) to be still living and in good health; to be alive and kicking
    父母健在   Fùmǔ dōu jiànzài.   Parents are alive and well.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 4
ざい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

健在 (-na inflection, hiragana けんざい, rōmaji kenzai, historical hiragana けんざい)

  1. (of a person of advanced age) still alive and in good health; alive and kicking
  2. (of phenomena) showing no sign of decline

Inflection

Noun

健在 (hiragana けんざい, rōmaji kenzai, historical hiragana けんざい)

  1. (of a person of advanced age) being still alive and in good health; being alive and kicking
  2. (of phenomena) showing no sign of decline

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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