Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 坚强, 建强, etc.(Chinese) 堅強, 建強, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕjɛn.t͡ɕʰjɑŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 坚 (jiān) meaning "hard, firm" or 建 (jiàn) meaning "build, establish" combined with 强 (qiáng) meaning "strong, powerful, energetic". Other character combinations can form this name as well.