| 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] |   |
| 积极 | jī jí | active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive | |
| 主动 | zhǔ dòng | to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc) | |
| 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 | |
| 好动 | hào dòng | active / restless / energetic | |
| 热络 | rè luò | intimate / friendly / warm / active / lively (interaction, participation etc) | |
| 静音机 | jìng yīn jī | active | |
| 蹦达 | bèng dá | active / still bouncy (esp. of old person) | |
| 活性的 | | active | |
| 服役 | fú yì | to serve in the army / in active service | |
| 现役 | xiàn yì | (military) active duty | |
| 满天飞 | mǎn tiān fēi | to rush around everywhere / always active | |
| 能动性 | néng dòng xìng | initiative / active role | |
| 有效成分 | | active principle | |
| 活蹦乱跳 | huó bèng luàn tiào | to leap and frisk about (idiom) / lively / healthy and active | |
| 龙腾虎跃 | lóng téng hǔ yuè | lit. dragon soaring and tiger leaping (idiom) / fig. prosperous and bustling / vigorous and active | |
| 萧乾 | Xiāo Qián | Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator | |
| 反客为主 | fǎn kè wéi zhǔ | lit. the guest acts as host (idiom) / fig. to turn from passive to active behavior | |
| 活火山 | huó huǒ shān | active volcano | |
| 阿苏 | A1 sū | Aso volcano in Kyūshū / 九州, Japan, a continuously active volcano | |
| 阿苏山 | A1 sū shān | Mount Aso, active volcano in Kyushu, Japan | |
| 肯定并例句 | kěn dìng bìng lì jù | active conjoined sentence | |
| 主动免疫 | zhǔ dòng miǎn yì | active immunity | |
| 自动免疫 | zì dòng miǎn yì | active immunity | |
| 活动桌面 | huó dòng zhuō miàn | active desktop | |
| 基拉韦厄 | Jī lā wéi è | Kilauea, Hawaii, the world's most active volcano | |
| 实职 | shí zhí | active participation | |
| 樱岛 | Yīng Dǎo | Sakurajima, an active volcano in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan | |
| 积极反应 | jī jí fǎn yìng | active response / energetic response | |
| 蹦跶 | bèng da | (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) | |
| 阿苏火山 | A1 sū huǒ shān | Aso volcano in Kyūshū / 九州, Japan, a continuously active volcano | |
| 龙门山 | Lóng mén shān | Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line / Mt Longmen in Shandong / Mt Longmen in Henan | |
| 龙门山断层 | Lóng mén shān duàn céng | Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin | |
| 龙门断层 | Lóng mén duàn céng | Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin | |
| 艾未未 | Aì Wèi wèi | Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism | |
| 高仙芝 | gāo xiān zhī | Gao Xianzhi or Go Seonji (c. 702-756), Tang dynasty general of Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] extraction, active in Central Asia | |
| 活性成分 | huó xìng chéng fèn | active ingredient | |
| 积极防御 | jī jí fáng yù | active defence | |
| 现役部队 | xiàn yì bù duì | active forces | |
| 在职工作人员 | zài zhí gōng zuò rén yuán | active staff member | |
| 大众传媒与老有所事国际论坛 | | International Forum on Mass Media and Active Aging | |
| 在职参与人 | | active participant | |
| 有源系统 | yǒu yuán xì tǒng | active system | |
| 主动干涉能力 | | capability for active interference | |
| 主动反措施 | zhǔ dòng fǎn cuò shī | active countermeasure | |
| 活冻层 | huó dòng céng | active layer | |
| 主动断裂 | zhǔ dòng duàn liè | active rifting | |
| 主动属人管辖权 | | active personality | |
| 主动式太阳能系统 | zhǔ dòng shì tài yáng néng xì tǒng | active solar energy system | |
| 活动大陆边 | | active continental margin / convergent continental margin | |
| 主动转播卫星 | | active relay satellite | |
| 低频主动声纳 | dī pín zhǔ dòng shēng nà | low frequency active sonar | |
| 国际活跃老年生活慈善会 | | Opera Pia International for Active Aging | |
| 积极争取解放组织 | | Be Active Be Emancipated | |
| 二级运行状态通信设施 | | secondary active telecommunications facility / secondary active communications facility | |
| 活记录 | huó jì lù | active record | |
| 紫外B辐射 | | ultraviolet B radiation / biologically active ultraviolet radiation / biologically effective ultraviolet radiation | |
| 具有生物活性的紫外辐射 | | ultraviolet B radiation / biologically active ultraviolet radiation / biologically effective ultraviolet radiation | |
| 具有生物效应的紫外辐射 | | ultraviolet B radiation / biologically active ultraviolet radiation / biologically effective ultraviolet radiation | |
| 主动式太阳能采暖系统 | | active solar heating | |
| 碱活性 | jiǎn huó xìng | basic active | |
| 主动防御 | zhǔ dòng fáng yù | active defence | |
| 活动大洋中嵴 | | active mid-ocean ridge / active ridge / spreading ridge | |
| 主动传感器 | | active sensor | |
| 人道主义行动问责和绩效动态学习网络 | | Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action | |
| 国际活动太阳年 | guó jì huó dòng tài yáng nián | International Active Sun Year | |
| 工作段 | gōng zuò duàn | live section / active section | |
| 主动磁层粒子示踪探测器 | | Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorer | |
| 解放思想，积极参与 | | Be Active, Be Emancipated | |
| 性行为活跃的人 | | sexually active individual | |
| 从事经济活动人口 | | economically active population | |
| 高效抗逆转录病毒疗法 | | highly active antiretroviral therapy | |
| 激烈冲突 | | active conflict | |
| 主动电子干扰 | | active electronic countermeasure / active ECM | |
| 今日活跃公民 | | Active Citizenship Today | |
| 积极的伙伴关系政策 | | Active Partnership Policy | |
| 积极威慑 | | active deterrence | |
| 老有所事 | | active ageing | |
| 灵活学校 | | active school | |
| 现役武装部队 | | active armed forces | |
| 有源卫星 | | active satellite (1) | |
| 主动卫星 | | active satellite (1) | |
| 主动搭线窃听 | | active wiretapping | |
| 旋光性气体 | | optically active gas | |
| 主动目录 | | Active Directory | |
| 审判中的桉件 | | active trial | |
| 主动雷 | | active mine | |
| 有源区 | yǒu yuán qū | (computer chip manufacture) active area | |
| 道系 | dào xì | (slang, coined c. 2017, contrasted with 佛系[fo2xi4]) Dao-type, a type of person who has traits associated with a Daoist approach to life, such as being active, optimistic, earthy and forthright | |
| 日活用户 | rì huó yòng hù | daily active users (of a website, service etc) | |
