Korean slang profile
건테크
geontekeu
Planned health management
Making a health-management plan and following it consistently.
- Expanded form
- 건강 + technology건강 (health) + technology
- Other spellings
- 체테크
- Earliest source found
- Dec 2005
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
산책 시간을 정해 두는 것도 나만의 건테크다.
Setting aside time for walks is my own form of 건테크.
02Documented history
- 2005-12This source introduced “건테크” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Formed by retaining parts of “건강 (health) + technology”. The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2005년 신어』 lists this headword and its meaning. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, components, definition, and usage on PDF page 54 (printed page 30) were directly compared. This relies on one source; the older articles quoted by the report were not directly checked. Inclusion in this collection does not establish the year the expression arose or first became popular.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2005년 신어 (국립국어원)Published Dec 2005Original source checked Nov 14, 2026