健在

Chinese

healthy
 
(located) at; in; exist
(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

  • (Tokyo) んざい [kèńzáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞nd͡za̠i]

Adjective

(けん)(ざい) • (kenzai) けんざい (kenzai)?-na (adnominal (けん)(ざい) (kenzai na), adverbial (けん)(ざい) (kenzai ni))

  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

(けん)(ざい) • (kenzai) けんざい (kenzai)?

  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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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