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(Bushou)		 水
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 9
Structure
Decomp. 氵丿十口
氵 + 舌
Prononciation
Mandarin huó
Entry Methods
Pinyin huo2
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Cangjie
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水竹十口
Sijiao 3216.4
Wubi ITDG
CNS 11643 1-5224
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Unicode U+6D3B
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BIG5 ACA1
活 huó to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
Results beginning with 活
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
活火 huó huǒ flaming fire / flames
活气 huó qì spirited atmosphere
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 suffering / hardship / living hell
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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 life / activity / to live / 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
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)
票活 piào huó to work as amateur for no pay
羌活 qiāng huó Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum)
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
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]
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 life-style
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
生活污水 shēng huó wū shuǐ domestic sewage
生活小区 shēng huó xiǎo qū biotope
生活形态 shēng huó xíng tài life pattern / ecology
生活质料 shēng huó zhì liào consumer goods
生活周期 shēng huó zhōu qī life cycle / biological cycle
生拉活扯 shēng lā huó chě to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
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