活 (huó) means Live (alive - lively - work). Below are 24 of the 112 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
这是生 活 中的常识。
Zhè shì shēnghuó zhōng de chángshí.
This is everyday common sense.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 常识
这是一次大型 活 动。
Zhè shì yí cì dàxíng huódòng.
This is a large-scale event.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 大型
他的生 活 很有规律。
Tā de shēnghuó hěn yǒu guīlǜ.
He lives a very regular life.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 规律
他在课堂上很 活 跃。
Tā zài kètáng shàng hěn huóyuè.
He is very active in class.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 活跃
工作和生 活 要平衡。
Gōngzuò hé shēnghuó yào pínghéng.
Work and life need to be balanced.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 平衡
这是一次商务 活 动。
Zhè shì yí cì shāngwù huódòng.
This is a business event.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 商务
这家店有优惠 活 动。
Zhè jiā diàn yǒu yōuhuì huódòng.
This shop has a special offer.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 优惠
参加 活 动完全自愿。
Cānjiā huódòng wánquán zìyuàn.
Taking part in the activity is entirely voluntary.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 自愿
运动让人保持 活 力。
Yùndòng ràng rén bǎochí huólì.
Exercise keeps a person full of energy.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 活力
这次 活 动声势很大。
Zhè cì huódòng shēngshì hěn dà.
This event was staged with great fanfare.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 声势
这次 活 动圆满结束。
Zhè cì huódòng yuánmǎn jiéshù.
This event concluded successfully.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 圆满
生 活 是创作的源泉。
Shēnghuó shì chuàngzuò de yuánquán.
Life is the wellspring of creative work.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 源泉
学校下周有一个 活 动。
Xuéxiào xià zhōu yǒu yí ge huódòng.
The school has an event next week.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 活动
周末的 活 动很有意思。
Zhōumò de huódòng hěn yǒu yìsi.
The weekend activity was very interesting.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 活动
生 活 不应该这么单调。
Shēnghuó bù yīnggāi zhème dāndiào.
Life should not be this dull.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单调
他很早就独立生 活 了。
Tā hěn zǎo jiù dúlì shēnghuó le.
He started living independently very early.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 独立
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From the graded readers
同事让我帮忙，我答应；朋友借钱，我答应；周末有 活 动，我也答应。
tóngshì ràng wǒ bāngmáng, wǒ dāying; péngyou jiè qián, wǒ dāying; zhōumò yǒu huódòng, wǒ yě dāying.
A colleague asked for help, I agreed; a friend wanted to borrow money, I agreed; something was on at the weekend, I agreed to that too.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
活 appears in 112 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 活
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Questions about 活
How is 活 used in a sentence?
This page shows 112 sentences using 活 (huó, "Live (alive - lively - work)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 活 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 活 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 活?
The dictionary page for 活 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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