Meaning of 康复
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to recuperate
- to recover (health)
- to convalesce
How to use 康复
康复 is used for recovering from illness, injury or surgery, often over a period of time. It appears in get-well wishes and medical contexts, and 康复中心 means a rehabilitation center. Example: 祝你早日康复。(Zhù nǐ zǎorì kāngfù.) I wish you a speedy recovery.
康 (kāng) is the 康 in 健康 (jiànkāng), meaning health, and 复 (fù) means to return, as in 复习 (fùxí), going back over material. Put them together and 康复 means health returning to you.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 康 as 庚 or 唐, which share the 广-like top but have different lower parts. Also, 康复 is about recovering health, so do not use it for recovering lost items or getting back money; use 找回 (zhǎohuí) or 恢复 (huīfù) for other kinds of restoring.
康复 in example sentences
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康 kāng · health · 11 strokes
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复 fù · again · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 康复.
| 健康 | jiànkāng | health; healthy |
| 重复 | chóngfù | to repeat; to duplicate |
| 复习 | fùxí | to review; revision |
| 复杂 | fùzá | complicated; complex |
| 反复 | fǎnfù | repeatedly; over and over |
| 复印 | fùyìn | to photocopy; to duplicate a document |
| 回复 | huífù | to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc); variant of 回覆[hui |
| 复制 | fùzhì | to duplicate; to make a copy of |
| 恢复 | huīfù | to reinstate; to resume |
| 修复 | xiūfù | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 答复 | dáfù | to answer; to reply |
| 复苏 | fùsū | to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate |
Questions about 康复
What does 康复 mean?
康复 (kāngfù) means "to recuperate; to recover (health)" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 康复?
康复 is made of 2 characters: 康 (11 strokes), 复 (9 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.
Is 康复 an HSK word?
Yes. 康复 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 康复 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 康复 is written 康復.
What is the difference between 康复 and 恢复?
康复 is specifically about recovering health after illness or injury. 恢复 (huīfù) is broader and can mean restoring anything, such as 恢复电力 (restoring power) or 恢复关系 (restoring relations). You can say 身体恢复了 too, but 康复 sounds more complete and medical.
Can 康复 take an object?
Usually not. It is an intransitive verb, so you say 他已经康复了 (He has recovered) rather than putting the illness after it. To mention the illness, use a phrase like 从病中康复 (to recover from an illness).