The Chinese word 保健 (bǎojiàn), meaning "healthcare" or "health preservation," is a compound formed through the combination of two meaningful characters: 保 (bǎo), which means "to protect, maintain, or ensure," and 健 (jiàn), which means "health, robust, or strong." Together, they create a coordinated or purpose-driven compound where 保 acts as the verb ("to maintain") and 健 acts as the object ("health"), literally conveying the concept of "maintaining health." This formation follows a common grammatical pattern in Chinese where two independent morphemes are joined to produce a new, specific term whose meaning is derived from the logical sum of its parts.