保持健康
bǎochí jiànkāng
The English phrase 'stay healthy' is translated into Chinese as 保持健康 (bǎochí jiànkāng).
保持健康 is used to express a wish or to give advice regarding the maintenance of good physical and mental health. To offer more specific health advice, you might use 饮食均衡 to refer to a balanced diet or 远离熬夜 to suggest avoiding staying up late.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of 保持 (bǎochí), which means 'to maintain' or 'to keep' and 健康 (jiànkāng), which means 'health' or 'healthy'.
How does it change in a sentence?
In a sentence, 保持 acts as a transitive verb that takes 健康 as its direct object.
How do you pronounce it?
bǎochí jiànkāng
Did you know?
- While 保持健康 is grammatically correct, in casual conversation, people often use the word 养 (yǎng), which means 'to nourish' or 'to raise', to describe maintaining one's health.
- In Chinese culture, staying healthy is deeply linked to 'balance'. You may hear the term 阴阳平衡 (yīn yáng píng héng) to describe the internal balance required for health.
- The term 养生 (yǎng shēng) refers to the holistic practice of 'maintaining life', a much broader and more ancient concept than the modern 'staying healthy'.
Examples in context
- 希望我们都能保持健康。Hopefully, we can all stay healthy.This sentence is useful for expressing a hope that everyone can stay healthy using 保持健康.Tatoeba #9779579 by BobbyLee, translation #9776681 by CK
- 对于一名医生来说，保持健康是非常重要的。For a doctor, staying healthy is extremely important.
- 最近你怎么样？你要记得保持身体健康啊！How have you been lately? Remember to keep your body healthy!
- 要记得保持健康。Yào jìde bǎochí jiànkāng.Remember to stay healthy.
- 多运动才能保持健康。Duō yùndòng cáinéng bǎochí jiànkāng.You can only stay healthy by exercising more.
Example conversation
Two friends are saying goodbye after a meeting.
- 志强 Zhiqiang晓雯，最近工作太累了，记得保持健康。Xiǎowén, zuìjìn gōngzuò tài lèi le, jìde bǎochí jiànkāng.Xiaowen, work has been too tiring lately, remember to stay healthy.
- 晓雯 Xiaowen谢谢你的关心，志强。Xièxie nǐ de guānxīn, Zhìqiáng.Thank you for your concern, Zhiqiang.
- 志强 Zhiqiang我们一起努力，照顾好身体。Wǒmen yìqǐ nǔlì, zhàogù hǎo shēntǐ.Let's both work hard to take care of our bodies.
- 晓雯 Xiaowen没问题，下次见！Méi wèntí, xiàcì jiàn!No problem, see you next time!
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
