活
huóㄏㄨㄛˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: HOẠT
Traditional: 活
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3
Meaning(verb, noun, adjective)
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
干活 'to do work'; 生活 'life'.
Examples
这条鱼还是活的。
zhè tiáo yú hái shi huó de.
This fish is still alive.
今天的活很多,得加班。
jīn tiān de huó hěn duō, dé jiā bān.
There's lots of work today, I'll have to do overtime.
奶奶活到了九十岁。
nǎi nai huó dào le jiǔ shí suì.
Grandma lived to ninety.
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Stroke order
HOẠT · 9 strokes
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
Related words
- 生活 shēng huó — to live; life; livelihood
- 活动 huó dòng — to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior
- 活泼 huó po — lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive
- 活跃 huó yuè — active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up
- 灵活 líng huó — flexible; nimble; agile
- 干活儿 gàn huó r — erhua variant of 干活; (coll.) to work; (coll.) to be employed
- 活力 huó lì — energy; vitality; vigor; vital force
- 复活 fù huó — to revive; (lit. and fig.) to come back to life; (religion) resurrection