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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànzài

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànzài
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànzài
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-tsai⁴
  - Yale: jyàn-dzài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianntzay
  - Palladius: цзяньцзай (czjanʹczaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin⁶ zoi⁶
  - Yale: gihn joih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin⁶ dzoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin⁶ zoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn²² t͡sɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khien-chhai
  - Hakka Romanization System: kien cai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian⁴ cai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en⁵⁵ t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khian-chhai
  - Hakka Romanization System: kian cai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian⁴ cai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an⁵⁵ t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiān-chāi
  - Tâi-lô: kiān-tsāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiexnzai
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn³³⁻¹¹ t͡sai³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn³³⁻²¹ t͡sai³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡sai²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-chǎi
  - Tâi-lô: kiàn-tsǎi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²²/

Adjective

健在

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
健	在
けん Grade: 4	ざい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

健(けん)在(ざい) • (kenzai) ^{←けんざい (kenzai)^?}-na (adnominal 健(けん)在(ざい)な (kenzai na), adverbial 健(けん)在(ざい)に (kenzai ni))

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

Inflection

Inflection of 健在

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	健在だろ	けんざいだろ	kenzai daro
Continuative (連用形)	健在で	けんざいで	kenzai de
Terminal (終止形)	健在だ	けんざいだ	kenzai da
Attributive (連体形)	健在な	けんざいな	kenzai na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	健在なら	けんざいなら	kenzai nara
Imperative (命令形)	健在であれ	けんざいであれ	kenzai de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	健在ではない健在じゃない	けんざいではないけんざいじゃない	kenzai de wa nai kenzai ja nai
Informal past	健在だった	けんざいだった	kenzai datta
Informal negative past	健在ではなかった健在じゃなかった	けんざいではなかったけんざいじゃなかった	kenzai de wa nakatta kenzai ja nakatta
Formal	健在です	けんざいです	kenzai desu
Formal negative	健在ではありません健在じゃありません	けんざいではありませんけんざいじゃありません	kenzai de wa arimasen kenzai ja arimasen
Formal past	健在でした	けんざいでした	kenzai deshita
Formal negative past	健在ではありませんでした健在じゃありませんでした	けんざいではありませんでしたけんざいじゃありませんでした	kenzai de wa arimasen deshita kenzai ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	健在で	けんざいで	kenzai de
Conditional	健在なら（ば）	けんざいなら（ば）	kenzai nara (ba)
Provisional	健在だったら	けんざいだったら	kenzai dattara
Volitional	健在だろう	けんざいだろう	kenzai darō
Adverbial	健在に	けんざいに	kenzai ni
Degree	健在さ	けんざいさ	kenzaisa

Noun

健(けん)在(ざい) • (kenzai) ^{←けんざい (kenzai)^?}

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

References

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

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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