HSK 6 · Emotions

快活 kuàihuo “happy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 快活 means

  1. happy
  2. cheerful

How to say 快活

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale快kuài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own活huoneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

快活 in a sentence

  1. 放假了，孩子们快活得像小鸟一样。

    Fàngjià le, háizimen kuàihuo de xiàng xiǎoniǎo yíyàng.

    The holidays have started, and the children are as happy as larks.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他每天都过得很快活。

    Tā měitiān dōu guò de hěn kuàihuo.

    He lives a cheerful life every day.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 快活 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 快 (kuài) with each of its parts in a different colour
快kuàirapid
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīn
  • 夬decisive · guài

Memory aidHeart 忄 with 夬 (guài) for the sound: happy, and fast.

The character 活 (huó) with each of its parts in a different colour
活huóto livelight in 快活
  • 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 huo.

How to write 快活

快 7 strokes · 活 9 strokes

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

Words related to 快活

Words with 快

快kuài · fast快乐kuàilè · happy快要kuàiyào · about to凉快liángkuai · nice and cold愉快yúkuài · cheerful痛快tòngkuài · delighted赶快gǎnkuài · quickly尽快jǐnkuài · as soon as possible爽快shuǎngkuài · frank

Words with 活

活huó · to live活动huódòng · activity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复活fùhuó · to come back to life活力huólì · vitality

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

克制kèzhì · to restrain恐怖kǒngbù · terror恐惧kǒngjù · fear空虚kōngxū · empty哭泣kūqì · to weep苦涩kǔsè · bitter狼狈lángbèi · in an awkward situation牢骚láosāo · complaint

FAQs

快活 (kuàihuo) means “happy” or “cheerful”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kuàihuo: kuài with a 4th tone, then huo with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 快活 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuaihuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 快活 from the suggestions. Typing kuaihuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
快活 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.