主动 zhǔdòng in a sentence
Voluntary ([take the] - initiative)
主动 (zhǔdòng) means Voluntary ([take the] - initiative). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 主动 帮我们搬东西。
Tā zhǔdòng bāng wǒmen bān dōngxi.
He offered to help us move things.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 主动
遇到问题要 主动 一点。
Yùdào wèntí yào zhǔdòng yìdiǎn.
Take a bit more initiative when a problem arises.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 主动
他们决定 主动 进攻。
Tāmen juédìng zhǔdòng jìngōng.
They decided to take the offensive.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 进攻
这种动物很少 主动 攻击人。
Zhè zhǒng dòngwù hěn shǎo zhǔdòng gōngjī rén.
This animal rarely attacks people unprovoked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 攻击
他 主动 承认了自己的过失。
Tā zhǔdòng chéngrèn le zìjǐ de guòshī.
He admitted his own fault of his own accord.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过失
与其被动等待，不如 主动 争取。
Yǔqí bèidòng děngdài, bùrú zhǔdòng zhēngqǔ.
Rather than waiting passively, it is better to go after it yourself.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 被动
他大学毕业后 主动 申请到边疆工作。
Tā dàxué bìyè hòu zhǔdòng shēnqǐng dào biānjiāng gōngzuò.
After graduating he volunteered to go and work in the border region.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 边疆
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How is 主动 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 主动 (zhǔdòng, "Voluntary ([take the] - initiative)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 主动 an HSK word?
Yes — 主动 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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