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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
活 huó	活 \| 活* \| *活	to live / alive / living / work / workmanship	HSK 3


生活 shēnghuó	生活 \| 生活* \| *生活	to live / life / livelihood	HSK 2


整活 zhěnghuó	整活 \| 整活* \| *整活	(Internet slang) to stage humorous antics or creative stunts (esp. for online audiences)


半死不活 bànsǐbùhuó	半死不活 \| 半死不活* \| *半死不活	(idiom) half-dead; barely alive / (idiom) listless


快活 kuàihuo	快活 \| 快活* \| *快活	happy / cheerful	HSK 5


体力活 tǐlìhuó	体力活 \| 体力活* \| *体力活	physical labor	體力活


复活 fùhuó	复活 \| 复活* \| *复活	to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection	復活 HSK 7-9


养活 yǎnghuo	养活 \| 养活* \| *养活	to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth	養活 HSK 7-9


灵活 línghuó	灵活 \| 灵活* \| *灵活	flexible / nimble / agile	靈活 HSK 6


灭活 mièhuó	灭活 \| 灭活* \| *灭活	to inactivate (a virus etc)	滅活


忙活 mánghuo	忙活 \| 忙活* \| *忙活	to be really busy / pressing business	HSK 7-9


乐活 lèhuó	乐活 \| 乐活* \| *乐活	LOHAS (lifestyles of health and sustainability)	樂活


农活 nónghuó	农活 \| 农活* \| *农活	farm work	農活


性生活 xìngshēnghuó	性生活 \| 性生活* \| *性生活	sex life


存活 cúnhuó	存活 \| 存活* \| *存活	to survive (a serious accident) / survival


品味生活 pǐnwèishēnghuó	品味生活 \| 品味生活* \| *品味生活	to appreciate life


累死累活 lèisǐlèihuó	累死累活 \| 累死累活* \| *累死累活	to tire oneself out through overwork / to work oneself to death


夜生活 yèshēnghuó	夜生活 \| 夜生活* \| *夜生活	night life


干活 gànhuó	干活 \| 干活* \| *干活	to work; to be employed	幹活


家务活 jiāwùhuó	家务活 \| 家务活* \| *家务活	household chore	家務活


死而复活 sǐ'érfùhuó	死而复活 \| 死而复活* \| *死而复活	to come back to life (after death)	死而復活


活活 huóhuó	活活 \| 活活* \| *活活	while still alive / simply / totally


过活 guòhuó	过活 \| 过活* \| *过活	to live one's life / to make a living	過活


成活 chénghuó	成活 \| 成活* \| *成活	to survive


手活 shǒuhuó	手活 \| 手活* \| *手活	manipulation (e.g. ball handling in sport) / hand job


激活 jīhuó	激活 \| 激活* \| *激活	to activate	HSK 7-9


搞活 gǎohuó	搞活 \| 搞活* \| *搞活	to enliven / to invigorate / to revitalize


私生活 sīshēnghuó	私生活 \| 私生活* \| *私生活	private life


鲜活 xiānhuó	鲜活 \| 鲜活* \| *鲜活	vivid; lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh	鮮活 HSK 7-9


月活 yuèhuó	月活 \| 月活* \| *月活	monthly active users (MAU)


死活 sǐhuó	死活 \| 死活* \| *死活	life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me


政治生活 zhèngzhìshēnghuó	政治生活 \| 政治生活* \| *政治生活	political life


要死不活 yàosǐbùhuó	要死不活 \| 要死不活* \| *要死不活	half dead / more dead than alive


做活 zuòhuó	做活 \| 做活* \| *做活	to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋｜围棋


失活 shīhuó	失活 \| 失活* \| *失活	(of an enzyme, microorganism, catalyst etc) to lose biological or chemical activity; to become inactivated


花活 huāhuó	花活 \| 花活* \| *花活	trick / deception


出活 chūhuó	出活 \| 出活* \| *出活	to finish a job on time / to produce the goods


精神生活 jīngshénshēnghuó	精神生活 \| 精神生活* \| *精神生活	spiritual or moral life


盘活 pánhuó	盘活 \| 盘活* \| *盘活	to revitalize (assets, resources etc)	盤活


做生活 zuòshēnghuó	做生活 \| 做生活* \| *做生活	to work / to do manual labor


拼死拼活 pīnsǐpīnhuó	拼死拼活 \| 拼死拼活* \| *拼死拼活	one's utmost / (to fight or work) desperately hard / to put up a life or death struggle / at all costs


寄生生活 jìshēngshēnghuó	寄生生活 \| 寄生生活* \| *寄生生活	parasitic life (of an organism); (fig.) parasitic lifestyle (of a person)


口活 kǒuhuó	口活 \| 口活* \| *口活	oral sex


慢生活 mànshēnghuó	慢生活 \| 慢生活* \| *慢生活	slow living


你死我活 nǐsǐwǒhuó	你死我活 \| 你死我活* \| *你死我活	lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist


包活 bāohuó	包活 \| 包活* \| *包活	job paid according to the amount of work done / contract work


粗活 cūhuó	粗活 \| 粗活* \| *粗活	unskilled labor / heavy manual work


树挪死，人挪活 shùnuósǐ, rénnuóhuó	树挪…挪活 \| 树挪…挪活* \| *树挪…挪活	lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom) / fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change	樹挪死，人挪活


维持生活 wéichíshēnghuó	维持生活 \| 维持生活* \| *维持生活	to subsist / to eke out a living / to keep body and soul together	維持生活


羌活 qiānghuó	羌活 \| 羌活* \| *羌活	Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum)


救活 jiùhuó	救活 \| 救活* \| *救活	to bring back to life


齐活 qíhuó	齐活 \| 齐活* \| *齐活	(Beijing dialect) done; finished; complete	齊活


全活 quánhuó	全活 \| 全活* \| *全活	to save life / to rescue / the whole business with all its processes


拉活 lāhuó	拉活 \| 拉活* \| *拉活	(northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver) / to pick up a piece of work (as a courier)


接活 jiēhuó	接活 \| 接活* \| *接活	to take on a piece of work / to pick up some freelance work / (of a taxi driver) to pick up a fare


不知死活 bùzhīsǐhuó	不知死活 \| 不知死活* \| *不知死活	to act recklessly (idiom)


白活 báihuó	白活 \| 白活* \| *白活	to waste one's life; to fail to make the most of one's life


杂活 záhuó	杂活 \| 杂活* \| *杂活	odd jobs	雜活


反美是工作赴美是生活 fǎn Měishìgōngzuòfù Měishìshēnghuó	反美…生活 \| 反美…生活* \| *反美…生活	being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad)


讨生活 tǎoshēnghuó	讨生活 \| 讨生活* \| *讨生活	to eke out a living / to live from hand to mouth / to drift aimlessly	討生活


重活 zhònghuó	重活 \| 重活* \| *重活	heavy work


苟活 gǒuhuó	苟活 \| 苟活* \| *苟活	to live without dignity; to barely sustain oneself


要死要活 yàosǐyàohuó	要死要活 \| 要死要活* \| *要死要活	terribly / awfully / desperately


演活 yǎnhuó	演活 \| 演活* \| *演活	(of an actor) to bring (one's character) to life / to act brilliantly


针线活 zhēnxiànhuó	针线活 \| 针线活* \| *针线活	needlework / sewing	針線活


铁窗生活 tiěchuāngshēnghuó	铁窗生活 \| 铁窗生活* \| *铁窗生活	time served in prison / prison life	鐵窗生活


苦活 kǔhuó	苦活 \| 苦活* \| *苦活	bitter work / sweated labor


绝活 juéhuó	绝活 \| 绝活* \| *绝活	specialty / unique skill	絕活


票活 piàohuó	票活 \| 票活* \| *票活	to work as amateur for no pay


料件子活 liàojiànzihuó	料件子活 \| 料件子活* \| *料件子活	piecework

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