HSK 4 · Verbs

活动 huódòng “activity” in Chinese

Traditional 活動

What 活动 means

  1. activity
  2. event
  3. to exercise
  4. to move about
  5. to work out
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • shaky
  • unsteady
  • loose (tooth etc)
  • movable
  • flexible
  • liquid (capital etc)

How to say 活动

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale活huó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale动dòng4th tone, falling

活动 in a sentence

  1. 她在学校参加了很多活动。

    Tā zài xuéxiào cānjiā le hěn duō huódòng.

    She takes part in lots of activities at school.

    Sentence #471476 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 孩子们喜欢户外活动。

    Háizimen xǐhuan hùwài huódòng.

    Children like outdoor activities.

    Sentence #6452086 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们把活动延期了。

    Wǒmen bǎ huódòng yánqī le.

    We’ve postponed the event.

    Sentence #362361 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 活动 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 活 (huó) with each of its parts in a different colour
活huóto live
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 舌tongue · shéSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 舌 (shé) hints at the sound. Compare it with huó.

The character 动 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
动dòngto move
  • 云cloud · yún
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

Memory aidStrength 力 makes things move. In the full form 動, 重 (zhòng) gave the sound.

How to write 活动

活 9 strokes · 动 6 strokes

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活动 (huódòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 活动 (huódòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 活动

Words with 活

活huó · to live生活shēnghuó · to live活泼huópo · lively活跃huóyuè · active灵活línghuó · flexible干活儿gànhuór · to work活该huógāi · serves (someone) right快活kuàihuo · happy复活fùhuó · to come back to life活力huólì · vitality

Words with 动

动dòng · to move运动yùndòng · to exercise动物dòngwù · animal动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet感动gǎndòng · to be moved激动jīdòng · excited动作dòngzuò · movement行动xíngdòng · to act

More words: Common Verbs

挂guà · to hang (on a hook or wall)广播guǎngbō · broadcast逛guàng · to stroll好像hǎoxiàng · as if获得huòdé · to obtain降落jiàngluò · to descend积累jīlěi · to accumulate继续jìxù · to continue

FAQs

活动 (huódòng) means “activity” or “event”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it huódòng: huó with a 2nd tone, then dòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 活动 is written 活動. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huodong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 活动 from the suggestions. Typing huodong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
活动 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.