活
泼

Lively in Chinese: 活泼 (huó po)

huó po

lively

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 活潑1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lively
  2. 2vivacious
  3. 3brisk
  4. 4active
  5. 5(chemistry) reactive

Stroke order

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活
泼

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄛˊ

huó

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˊ/ second tone

˙ㄆㄛ

po

˙/ neutral toneㄆ/ pㄛ/ o

Simplified & traditional

活泼

Simplified

活潑

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他有点活泼。

    tā yǒu diǎn huó pō。

    He is rather an active person.

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Related words

活

huó

to live

泼

pō

to splash

活动

huó dòng

to exercise

生活

shēng huó

to live

活跃

huó yuè

active

灵活

líng huó

flexible

活力

huó lì

energy

快活

kuài huo

happy

复活

fù huó

to revive

活儿

huó r

work

活该

huó gāi

(coll.) serve sb right

活期

huó qī

(banking) current (account)

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