"活" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 活 |  huó | to live / alive / living / work / workmanship |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 活动 | huó dòng | to exercise / to move about / to operate / to use connections (personal influence) / loose / shaky / active / movable / activity / campaign / maneuver / behavior / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活力 | huó lì | energy / vitality / vigor / vital force | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活跃 | huó yuè | active / lively / excited / to enliven / to brighten up | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活泼 | huó po | lively / vivacious / brisk / active / (chemistry) reactive | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活性 | huó xìng | (chemistry) activity / active / activated | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活塞 | huó sāi | piston / valve | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活活 | huó huó | while still alive / simply / totally | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活该 | huó gāi | (coll.) serve sb right / deservedly / ought / should | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活人 | huó rén | living person | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活血 | huó xuè | to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活儿 | huó r | work / (lots of) things to do | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活化 | huó huà | activation | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活命 | huó mìng | life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活像 | huó xiàng | to look exactly like / to be the spitting image of | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活着 | huó zhe | alive | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活期 | huó qī | (banking) current (account) / checking (account) / demand (deposit etc) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活用 | huó yòng | to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活佛 | huó fó | Living Buddha / title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活捉 | huó zhuō | to capture alive | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活宝 | huó bǎo | buffoon / clown / ridiculous person | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活体 | huó tǐ | living body / live specimen | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活埋 | huó mái | to bury alive | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活路 | huó lu | labor / physical work | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活路 | huó lù | through road / way out / way to survive / means of subsistence | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活鱼 | huó yú | fresh fish / living fish | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活计 | huó jì | handicraft / needlework / work | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活检 | huó jiǎn | biopsy / abbr. for 活體組織檢查|活体组织检查[huo2 ti3 zu3 zhi1 jian3 cha2] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活字 | huó zì | movable type | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活门 | huó mén | valve | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活结 | huó jié | a slip-knot / a noose | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活版 | huó bǎn | typography / movable type | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活板 | huó bǎn | trapdoor | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活瓣 | huó bàn | valve | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活便 | huó biàn | nimble / agile / convenient | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活茬 | huó chá | farm work | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活产 | huó chǎn | live birth | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活存 | huó cún | demand deposit (abbr. for 活期存款[huo2 qi1 cun2 kuan3]) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活度 | huó dù | activity | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活泛 | huó fan | flexible / adaptable | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活分 | huó fēn | nimble | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活好 | huó hǎo | to live (one's life) well / (slang) to be good in bed | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活火 | huó huǒ | flaming fire / flames | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活口 | huó kǒu | sb who witnesses a crime and is not killed by the perpetrator / a captive who can provide information | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活气 | huó qì | spirited atmosphere | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活钱 | huó qián | cash on hand / readily available funds / extra income | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活禽 | huó qín | live poultry | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活尸 | huó shī | zombie | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活似 | huó sì | see 活像[huo2 xiang4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活胎 | huó tāi | live birth | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活套 | huó tào | noose / running knot | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活脱 | huó tuō | remarkably alike | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活物 | huó wù | living animals | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活下 | huó xià | to survive | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活摘 | huó zhāi | to harvest (an organ) from a living person | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 活罪 | huó zuì | bitter sufferings / great hardships | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 活生生 | huó shēng shēng | real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) | |
| 活性炭 | huó xìng tàn | activated carbon | |
| 活性剂 | huó xìng jì | reagent (chemistry) | |
| 活脱脱 | huó tuō tuō | remarkably alike | |
| 活雷锋 | huó Léi Fēng | selfless model citizen, just like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1] | |
| 活化石 | huó huà shí | living fossil | |
| 活动家 | huó dòng jiā | activist | |
| 活性碳 | huó xìng tàn | activated carbon | |
| 活受罪 | huó shòu zuì | (coll.) to go through sheer hell | |
| 活动房 | huó dòng fáng | prefabricated building / prefab | |
| 活页夹 | huó yè jiá | paper binder | |
| 活菩萨 | huó pú sà | a living Buddha / fig. compassionate person / saint | |
| 活字典 | huó zì diǎn | walking dictionary / well-informed person | |
| 活性的 | active | | |
| 活报剧 | huó bào jù | political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theater form of the 1920s) | |
| 活靶子 | huó bǎ zi | live target / target (of criticism etc) | |
| 活冻层 | huó dòng céng | active layer | |
| 活动体 | huó dòng tǐ | trophozoite | |
| 活火山 | huó huǒ shān | active volcano | |
| 活见鬼 | huó jiàn guǐ | what the hell / preposterous | |
| 活记录 | huó jì lù | active record | |
| 活久见 | huó jiǔ jiàn | (neologism c. 2006) if you live long enough, you'll see everything / Just incredible! | |
| 活神仙 | huó shén xiān | a god living in our midst (sb who can predict the future like a prophet or who leads a life without constraints) | |
| 活脱脫 | huó tuō tuō | remarkably alike | |
| 活下去 | huó xià qù | to survive / to keep on living | |
| 活动中心 | huó dòng zhōng xīn | activity center / CL:處|处[chu4] | |
| 活蹦乱跳 | huó bèng luàn tiào | to leap and frisk about (idiom) / lively / healthy and active | |
| 活灵活现 | huó líng huó xiàn | living spirit, living image (idiom) / true to life / vivid and realistic | |
| 活龙活现 | huó lóng huó xiàn | living spirit, living image (idiom) / true to life / vivid and realistic | |
| 活字印刷 | huó zì yìn shuā | printing with movable type | |
| 活动数据 | activity data | | |
| 活动盖子 | removable lid | | |
| 活性污泥 | activated sludge | | |
| 活塞汽炮 | shuttle airgun / shuttle gun | | |
| 活化作用 | mobilization | | |
| 活动领域 | practice area / practice | | |
| 活性疫苗 | live vaccine | | |
| 活动分类 | activity classification | | |
| 活动雷障 | removable mine barrier | | |
| 活版印刷 | huó bǎn yìn shuā | printing with movable type / typesetting | |
| 活不下去 | huó bù xià qu | impossible to make a living | |
| 活产婴儿 | huó chǎn yīng r | live-born children | |
| 活动扳手 | huó dòng bān shǒu | adjustable spanner | |
| 活动场地 | huó dòng chǎng dì | place for activities (playground, event venue etc) | |
| 活动房屋 | huó dòng fáng wū | prefabricated building / prefab / mobile home / caravan / trailer | |
| 活动挂图 | huó dòng guà tú | flipchart | |
| 活动国际 | huó dòng guó jì | Mobility International | |
| 活动看板 | huó dòng kàn bǎn | calendar of events | |
| 活动能力 | huó dòng néng lì | mobility / motility | |
| 活动曲尺 | huó dòng qū chǐ | sliding bevel (to measure angles) | |
| 活动人士 | huó dòng rén shì | activist | |
| 活动浴室 | huó dòng yù shì | ablution facility / ablution unit / ablution module | |
| 活动桌面 | huó dòng zhuō miàn | active desktop | |
| 活化分析 | huó huà fēn xī | activation analysis | |
| 活力四射 | huó lì sì shè | dynamic / enthusiastic / energetic | |
| 活期存款 | huó qī cún kuǎn | demand deposit | |
| 活期贷款 | huó qī dài kuǎn | demand loan (i.e. loan that the borrower can demanded back at any time) | |
| 活期帐户 | huó qī zhàng hù | current account (in bank) | |
| 活期账户 | huó qī zhàng hù | call account | |
| 活期资金 | huó qī zī jīn | funds on call / invested sum that can be cashed | |
| 活色生香 | huó sè shēng xiāng | (of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating / charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike / vivid | |
| 活神仙似 | huó shén xiān sì | to live like the immortals (advertising real estate) | |
| 活体检定 | huó tǐ jiǎn dìng | bioassay | |
| 活体检视 | huó tǐ jiǎn shì | biopsy | |
| 活性成分 | huó xìng chéng fèn | active ingredient | |
| 活性碳罐 | huó xìng tàn guàn | carbon canister | |
| 活性氧类 | huó xìng yǎng lèi | activated oxygen species (AOS) | |
| 活学活用 | huó xué huó yòng | to creatively combine learning with usage / to learn and apply pragmatically | |
| 活血止痛 | huó xuè zhǐ tòng | to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom) | |
| 活跃分子 | huó yuè fèn zǐ | activist | |
| 活动大陆边 | active continental margin / convergent continental margin | | |
| 活塞取芯器 | piston corer | | |
| 活性炭吸附 | activated carbon adsorption | | |
| 活化探测器 | activation detector | | |
| 活得不耐烦 | huó de bù nài fán | to be tired of living / (coll.) to be asking for trouble | |
| 活体外保存 | huó tǐ wài bǎo cún | in vitro storage | |
| 活组织检查 | huó zǔ zhī jiǎn chá | biopsy | |
| 活动和方桉处 | Activities and Programmes Branch | | |
| 活动大洋中嵴 | active mid-ocean ridge / active ridge / spreading ridge | | |
| 活动预测报告 | activity forecast report | | |
| 活动评价干事 | Activity Evaluation Officer | | |
| 活到老学到老 | huó dào lǎo xué dào lǎo | (proverb) never too old to learn | |
| 活人让尿憋死 | huó rén ràng niào biē sǐ | lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom) / fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking | |
| 活体组织检查 | huó tǐ zǔ zhī jiǎn chá | biopsy / abbr. to 活檢|活检[huo2 jian3] | |
| 活到老，学到老 | huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo | One is never too old to learn. (idiom) | |
| 活动目标图象雷达 | huó dòng mù biāo tú xiàng léi dá | moving target imagery radar / moving target indicator radar / MTI radar | |
| 活态物理扩展课程 | huó tài wù lǐ kuò zhǎn kè chéng | extended course on physics of the living state | |
| 活动和产品分类综合系统 | Integrated System of Classifications of Activities and Products | |
Approximate Results for 活 | ||||
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live / life / livelihood | | |
| 灵活 | líng huó | flexible / nimble / agile | | |
| 激活 | jī huó | to activate | | |
| 复活 | fù huó | to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection | | |
| 干活 | gàn huó | to work / to be employed | | |
| 快活 | kuài huo | happy / cheerful | | |
| 存活 | cún huó | to survive (a serious accident) / survival | | |
| 鲜活 | xiān huó | vivid / lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh | | |
| 死活 | sǐ huó | life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me | | |
| 养活 | yǎng huo | to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth | | |
| 绝活 | jué huó | specialty / unique skill | | |
| 忙活 | máng huo | to be really busy / pressing business | | |
| 救活 | jiù huó | to bring back to life | | |
| 搞活 | gǎo huó | to enliven / to invigorate / to revitalize | | |
| 过活 | guò huó | to live one's life / to make a living | | |
| 成活 | chéng huó | to survive | | |
| 农活 | nóng huó | farm work | | |
| 白活 | bái huó | to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life | | |
| 做活 | zuò huó | to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2] | | |
| 重活 | zhòng huó | heavy work | | |
| 粗活 | cū huó | unskilled labor / heavy manual work | | |
| 苦活 | kǔ huó | bitter work / sweated labor | | |
| 口活 | kǒu huó | oral sex | | |
| 包活 | bāo huó | job paid according to the amount of work done / contract work | | |
| 变活 | biàn huó | to come to life (by magic) | | |
| 出活 | chū huó | to finish a job on time / to produce the goods | | |
| 苟活 | gǒu huó | to live without dignity / to barely sustain oneself | | |
| 花活 | huā huó | trick / deception | | |
| 接活 | jiē huó | to take on a piece of work / to pick up some freelance work / (of a taxi driver) to pick up a fare | | |
| 拉活 | lā huó | (northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver) / to pick up a piece of work (as a courier) | | |
| 乐活 | lè huó | LOHAS (lifestyles of health and sustainability) | | |
| 盘活 | pán huó | to revitalize (assets, resources etc) | | |
| 票活 | piào huó | to work as amateur for no pay | | |
| 羌活 | qiāng huó | Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum) | | |
| 齐活 | qí huó | (Beijing dialect) done / finished / complete | | |
| 全活 | quán huó | to save life / to rescue / the whole business with all its processes | | |
| 手活 | shǒu huó | manipulation (e.g. ball handling in sport) / hand job | | |
| 演活 | yǎn huó | (of an actor) to bring (one's character) to life / to act brilliantly | | |
| 杂活 | zá huó | odd jobs | | |
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| 性生活 | xìng shēng huó | sex life | |
| 灵活性 | líng huó xìng | flexibility | |
| 生活费 | shēng huó fèi | cost of living / living expenses / alimony | |
| 夜生活 | yè shēng huó | night life | |
| 私生活 | sī shēng huó | private life | |
| 生活区 | shēng huó qū | living community | |
| 复活节 | Fù huó jié | Easter | |
| 生活馆 | shēng huó guǎn | living museum | |
| 成活率 | chéng huó lu:4 | survival rate / rate of success | |
| 肺活量 | fèi huó liàng | (medicine) vital capacity | |
| 家务活 | jiā wù huó | household chore | |
| 存活率 | cún huó lu:4 | (med.) survival rate / (med.) recovery rate | |
| 干活儿 | gàn huó r | erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2] | |
| 针线活 | zhēn xiàn huó | needlework / sewing | |
| 复活赛 | fù huó sài | repechage (supplementary qualifying round in sports) | |
| 碱活性 | jiǎn huó xìng | basic active | |
| 苦活儿 | kǔ huó r | erhua variant of 苦活[ku3 huo2] | |
| 留活口 | liú huó kǒu | to capture alive a criminal (or enemy etc) for interrogation / (of a perpetrator) to let a witness live | |
| 慢生活 | màn shēng huó | slow living | |
| 生活史 | shēng huó shǐ | life cycle / biological cycle | |
| 守活寡 | shǒu huó guǎ | to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow | |
| 讨生活 | tǎo shēng huó | to eke out a living / to live from hand to mouth / to drift aimlessly | |
| 有活力 | yǒu huó lì | energetic / vital | |
| 重活儿 | zhòng huó r | erhua variant of 重活[zhong4 huo2] | |
| 做活儿 | zuò huó r | erhua variant of 做活[zuo4 huo2] | |
| 做生活 | zuò shēng huó | to work / to do manual labor | |
| 总&alpha活度 | total alpha activity | | |
| 生活方式 | shēng huó fāng shì | way of life / lifestyle | |
| 生活水平 | shēng huó shuǐ píng | living standards | |
| 生活质量 | shēng huó zhì liàng | quality | |
| 生活环境 | shēng huó huán jìng | living environment | |
| 家庭生活 | jiā tíng shēng huó | home life | |
| 生活服务 | shēng huó fù wù | life-support services | |
| 体育活动 | tǐ yù huó dòng | sports / sporting activity | |
| 死去活来 | sǐ qù huó lái | to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life | |
| 公益活动 | gōng yì huó dòng | charity event / public service activities | |
| 社会活动 | social event | | |
| 生活垃圾 | shēng huó lā jī | domestic garbage | |
| 自由活动 | zì yóu huó dòng | free time (between organized activities) | |
| 你死我活 | nǐ sǐ wǒ huó | lit. you die, I live (idiom) / irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist | |
| 纪念活动 | jì niàn huó dòng | commemoration / commemorative activity | |
| 课外活动 | extracurricular activities | | |
| 生龙活虎 | shēng lóng huó hǔ | lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom) / fig. vigorous and lively | |
| 生活资料 | shēng huó zī liào | consumer goods / means of livelihood / means of subsistence / documents relating to sb's life | |
| 生活作风 | shēng huó zuò fēng | behavior / conduct | |
| 生吞活剥 | shēng tūn huó bō | to swallow whole (idiom) / fig. to apply uncritically | |
| 拼死拼活 | pīn sǐ pīn huó | one's utmost / (to fight or work) desperately hard / to put up a life or death struggle / at all costs | |
| 复活节岛 | Fù huó jié dǎo | Easter Island | |
| 不知死活 | bù zhī sǐ huó | to act recklessly (idiom) | |
| 太阳活动 | tài yáng huó dòng | sunspot activity / solar variation | |
| 养家活口 | yǎng jiā huó kǒu | to support one's family (idiom) | |
| 庄稼活儿 | zhuāng jia huó r | farm work | |
| 条约活动 | treaty event | | |
| 核查活动 | verification activities | | |
| 会外活动 | side event | | |
| 飞行活动 | flight movements | | |
| 发射活动 | launch campaign | | |
| 平行活动 | parallel event | | |
| 外地活动 | field activities | | |
| 中子活化 | neutron activation | | |
| 中子激活 | neutron activation | | |
| 创收活动 | income-generating activity / income-producing activity / cash-generating activity | | |
| 供餐活动 | feeding operation | | |
| 外联活动 | outreach activity | | |
| 灵活翻译 | agile translation | | |
| 灵活学校 | active school | | |
| 规划活动 | planning exercise | | |
| 灾前活动 | pre-disaster activities | | |
| 生活工资 | living wage | | |
| 业务活动 | operational activities | | |
| 生利活动 | revenue-generating activities / revenue-producing activities | | |
| 危险活动 | hazardous activity | | |
| 审计活动 | audit activities | | |
| 特别活动 | special activities | | |
| 舱外活动 | cāng wài huó dòng | extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle) / EVA | |
| 断层活动 | duàn céng huó dòng | faulting | |
| 独立生活 | dú lì shēng huó | "Independent Living" | |
| 方案活动 | fāng àn huó dòng | programme activities | |
| 辅助活动 | fǔ zhù huó dòng | ancillary activity | |
| 根系活力 | gēn xì huó lì | root activity | |
| 海盗活动 | hǎi dào huó dòng | piracy | |
| 好活当赏 | hǎo huó dāng shǎng | (coll.) bravo / nice one / lovely | |
| 核心活动 | hé xīn huó dòng | core activity | |
| 火山活动 | huǒ shān huó dòng | volcanic activity / volcanism | |
| 间谍活动 | jiàn dié huó dòng | espionage / spying | |
| 经济活动 | jīng jì huó dòng | economic activity | |
| 精神生活 | jīng shén shēng huó | spiritual or moral life | |
| 竞选活动 | jìng xuǎn huó dòng | (election) campaign | |
| 寄生生活 | jì shēng shēng huó | parasitism / parasitic existence | |
| 救济活动 | jiù jì huó dòng | relief activities | |
| 开辟活动 | kāi pì huó dòng | pioneer activities | |
| 课后活动 | kè hòu huó dòng | after-school programme | |
| 累死累活 | lèi sǐ lèi huó | to tire oneself out through overwork / to work oneself to death | |
| 料件子活 | liào jiàn zi huó | piecework | |
| 灵活保障 | líng huó bǎo zhàng | flexicurity | |
| 灵活机制 | líng huó jī zhì | flexible instrument / flexible mechanism | |
| 秘密活动 | mì mì huó dòng | clandestine activities / covert operation | |
| 农事活动 | nóng shì huó dòng | agricultural activities | |
| 品味生活 | pǐn wèi shēng huó | to appreciate life | |
| 破坏活动 | pò huài huó dòng | sabotage / subversive activities | |
| 清洁活动 | qīng jié huó dòng | clean-up activity / clean-up | |
| 人类活动 | rén lèi huó dòng | human activity | |
| 日活用户 | rì huó yòng hù | daily active users (of a website, service etc) | |
| 上游活动 | shàng yóu huó dòng | upstream activities | |
| 社会活动 | shè huì huó dòng | social activity | |
| 生活费用 | shēng huó fèi yòng | cost of living | |
| 生活阔绰 | shēng huó kuò chuò | a flashy lifestyle / to live it up | |
| 生活美学 | shēng huó měi xué | appreciation of the finer things in life | |
| 生活设施 | shēng huó shè shī | living facilities | |
| 生活素质 | shēng huó sù zhì | quality of life | |
| 生活条件 | shēng huó tiáo jiàn | living conditions | |
