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活 huó

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活 huó Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huó | huo2
English translation
to live
alive
living
work
workmanship
to exist, to live, to survive; living, working

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About 活 huó

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

活 huó

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Learning hint

water

Etymology of 活 huó

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵舌

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

舌 shé

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 舌 shé represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 活 huó

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她 tā 干吗 gàn má 要 yāo 养活 yǎng huo 这 zhè 群 qún 饿 è 痨 láo 鬼 guǐ 呢 ne ?

Why should she feed this horde of hungry men?

科 kē 利尔和 hé 我 wǒ 就 jiù 这样 zhè yàng 又 yòu 谨慎 jǐnshèn 又 yòu 活跃 huóyuè 地 de 同 tóng 那个 nà ge 饭摊泡 pāo 上 shǎng 了 le .

Collier and I infested the grub tent with care and activity.

她 tā 让 ràng 他 tā 重 chóng 拾 shè 生活 shēnghuó 的 de 意义 yìyì .

She showed him all right to live again.

嗨 hāi ,有 yǒu 了 le 这些 zhè xiē 钱 Qián , 他 tā 可以 kěyǐ 安安静静地 de 和 hé 嘉莉生活 shēnghuó 很多年 Nián .

Why, he could live quietly with Carrie for years.

雕 diāo 刻 kè 是 shì 模 mó 仿 fǎng 的 de 艺术 yìshù (模刻真实 zhēnshí 生活 shēnghuó 中 Zhōng 的 de 人 rén 、 物 wù 等 děng ).

Sculpture is an imitative art, ie it copies people, things, etc from real life.

Words with 活 huó

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
生活 shēnghuó life生活 shēnghuó
活动 huódòng to exercise活動
活 huó to live活 huó
活力 huólì energy活力 huólì
干活 gàn huó to work幹活
活跃 huóyuè active活躍
灵活 línghuó flexible靈活
活性 huó xìng active活性 huó xìng
复活 fùhuó resurrection復活
活儿 huó r work活兒
激活 jī huó to activate激活 jī huó
活泼 huópo lively活潑
存活 cún huó survival存活 cún huó
活该 huógāi ought活該
活生生 huó shēng shēng real (people)活生生 huó shēng shēng
生活方式 shēng huó fāng shì way of life生活方式 shēng huó fāng shì
性生活 xìng shēng huó sex life性生活 xìng shēng huó
养活 yǎng huo to provide for養活
活塞 huó sāi piston活塞 huó sāi
活活 huó huó simply活活 huó huó
快活 kuàihuo happy快活 kuàihuo
死活 sǐ huó fate死活 sǐ huó
活命 huó mìng life活命 huó mìng
私生活 sī shēng huó private life私生活 sī shēng huó
复活节 Fù huó jié Easter復活節

活 huó Decomposition & Compounds

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活 huó Decomposition

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活 huó Compounds

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