How to Say ‘Good health!’ in Simplified Chinese
身体健康！
💬 Usage Tip: Set phrase blessing. You can expand it to [祝你身体健康] for a full sentence.
🇨🇳 In China: Often said to parents/grandparents during拜年 (New Year visits). It’s respectful and caring.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
身体
[shēn tǐ]
body; health (in greetings)
In the fixed phrase 身体健康, 身体 sets the topic as “your body/health condition.”
新年快乐，身体健康！
Happy New Year, and good health!
健康
[jiàn kāng]
healthy; health
In 身体健康, 健康 functions as “healthy,” expressing the wish “(stay) healthy.”
祝你身体健康！
Wishing you good health!
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