Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 健民, 健敏, 建民, 建敏, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕjɛn.min/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 健 (jiàn) meaning "strong, healthy" or 建 (jiàn) meaning "build, establish" combined with 民 (mín) meaning "people, citizens" or 敏 (mǐn) meaning "quick, clever, sharp". Other character combinations can form this name as well.