活

The character "活" has 9 strokes. "活" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "活" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "活" are "huó" . View the stroke order of "活">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "活"

v.: live; save (the life of a person); keep alive

n.: work; job; product

adj.: movable; moving; vivid; lively; active; quick; alive; living; live

adv.: exactly; simply

• live : v.活着；在…定居；和…一起居住；活；生活在；过活；过着…的生活；靠…维持最低生活；以…为生；留存
• keep alive : 保持活力；使活着；注意
• work : n.工作；劳动；职业；制作品；产品；工厂；活动机件；运转机构；防御工事；功；做功；需要的所有事物；全套事物
• job : n.工作；任务；职位；工作岗位；刺；插；挤；猛扭；（Job）人名：约伯
• product : n.作品；产品；积；结果；产物；物产；产儿
• movable : adj.可动的；活动的；动产的；每年变动的
• moving : adj.行进的；活动的；动人的；感人的
• vivid : adj.生动的；逼真的；活跃的；充满活力的；鲜艳的；浓重的
• lively : adj.充满活力的；活泼外向的；敏锐的；令人振奋的；思想活跃的；有挑战性的；生机勃勃；困难重重的；乘风而行的
• active : adj.积极的；积极参与的；工作的；运转的；主动语态；活跃的；有活力的；积极活跃的
• quick : adj.快的；迅速的；急速的；匆匆的；理解得快的；反应快的；学得快的；聪明的；有才智的；短暂的
• alive : adj.（人；动植物）活的；（动物）敏捷的；愉快活泼的；明白的；感兴趣的；做出响应的；充满的；丰富的；有意义的；（感情；品质）继续存在的
• living : n.赖以生存的收入；谋生手段；生计；生活；教区牧师（或教区长）职务
• exactly : adv.精确地；准确地；确切地；确切地说；明确地；正是如此；一点不错
• simply : adv.直接地；简单地；仅仅；只不过；简直；简而言之；绝对地；完全地

Form words with "活"

脑子活 have a supple mind

手工活 handwork

活广告 walking advertisement

钩毛活 crochet a sweater

活榜样 living example

活䙌儿 slipknot

干最少的活 do the very minimum work

Example phrases using "活"

• 他是全心全意为人民服务的活教材。

  He serves as a vivid example for education in serving the people heart and soul.

• 赶在天黑前把活干完，别再留尾巴了。

  Try to finish the work before it gets dark. Don’t leave any of it unfinished.

• 论细木工活，他可是个把式。

  He is highly skilled in cabinetmaking.

• 他的英雄形象又一次活现在读者的眼前。

  His heroic image once again came alive to the readers.

• 病人的病情急转直下，可能活不过今晚。

  The patient is sinking fast and may not live through the night.

• 把这一案例当作打击伪劣商品的活教材。

  Make this case an object lesson in fighting against fake and shoddy goods.

• 这是件细致而复杂的活。

  It is a fine and complicated job.

• 他虽穷，却活得很快活。

  Though he is poor, he is quite happy.

• 呼吸能使食物中的能量在活细胞中释放出来。

  Respiration releases energy from food in living cells.

• 工头强迫他一天干15小时的活，而且还打他。

  The foreman worked him fifteen hours a day and beat him in addition.