HSK 6 · Adjectives

健全 jiànquán “sound” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 健全 means

  1. sound
  2. complete
  3. to improve (a system)
  4. robust

How to say 健全

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale健jiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale全quán2nd tone, rising

健全 in a sentence

  1. 公司的管理制度很健全。

    Gōngsī de guǎnlǐ zhìdù hěn jiànquán.

    The company has a sound management system.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们要健全学校的安全制度。

    Wǒmen yào jiànquán xuéxiào de ānquán zhìdù.

    We need to strengthen the school’s safety rules.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 健全 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 健 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
健jiànhealthy
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 建to build · jiàn
The character 全 (quán) with each of its parts in a different colour
全quánall
  • 入enter · rù
  • 玉jade · yù

How to write 健全

健 10 strokes · 全 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

健全 (jiànquán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 健全 (jiànquán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 健全

Words with 健

健康jiànkāng · health健身jiànshēn · to work out

Words with 全

全quán · whole安全ānquán · safe全部quánbù · whole完全wánquán · complete全面quánmiàn · comprehensive齐全qíquán · complete全局quánjú · overall situation竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost全力以赴quánlìyǐfù · to go all out

More words: Adjectives

僵硬jiāngyìng · stiff间接jiànjiē · indirect简陋jiǎnlòu · simple and crude艰难jiānnán · difficult坚韧jiānrèn · tough尖锐jiānruì · sharp坚实jiānshí · solid简要jiǎnyào · brief

FAQs

健全 (jiànquán) means “sound” or “complete”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiànquán: jiàn with a 4th tone, then quán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 健全 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianquan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 健全 from the suggestions. Typing jianquan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
健全 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.