Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 建军, 坚军, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕjɛn.t͡ɕyn/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 建 (jiàn) meaning "build, establish" or 坚 (jiān) meaning "hard, firm" combined with 军 (jūn) meaning "army". Other character combinations can form this name as well.