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健在

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)		健	在

Adjective

健在

(of a person of advanced age) to be still living and in good health
父母都健在。 ― Fùmǔ dōu jiànzài. ― Parents are alive and well.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiànzài

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin⁶ zoi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khien-chhai / khian-chhai
Min Nan (POJ): kiān-chāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiànzài
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianntzay
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin⁶ zoi⁶
  - Yale: gihn joih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin⁶ dzoi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kiːn²² t͡sɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khien-chhai
  - Hakka Romanization System: kien cai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian⁴ cai⁴
  - IPA: /kʰi̯en⁵⁵ t͡sʰa̯i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khian-chhai
  - Hakka Romanization System: kian cai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian⁴ cai⁴
  - IPA: /kʰi̯an⁵⁵ t͡sʰa̯i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiān-chāi
  - Tâi-lô: kiān-tsāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiexnzai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡saɪ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡saɪ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn³³⁻¹¹ t͡saɪ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn³³⁻²¹ t͡saɪ³³/