Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 子建, 子健, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /t͡sz̩.t͡ɕjɛn/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 子 (zǐ) meaning "child" combined with 建 (jiàn) "build, establish" or 健 (jiàn) "strong, healthy". This name can be formed from other character combinations as well.