| 活久见 | [ huó jiǔ jiàn ] (neologism c. 2006) if you live long enough, you'll see everything, Just incredible! |
| 活人让尿憋死 | [ huó rén ràng biē sǐ ] lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom), fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking |
| 活儿 | [ huó ] work, (lots of) things to do |
| 活到老，学到老 | [ huó daò laǒ xué daò laǒ ] One is never too old to learn. (idiom) |
| 活动 | [ huó dòng ] to exercise, to move about, to operate, to use connections (personal influence), loose, shaky, active, movable, activity, campaign, maneuver, behavior, CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] |
| 活动中心 | [ huó dòng zhōng xīn ] activity center, CL:處|处[chu4] |
| 活动人士 | [ huó dòng rén shì ] activist |
| 活动家 | [ huó dòng jiā ] activist |
| 活动房 | [ huó dòng fáng ] prefabricated building, prefab |
| 活动房屋 | [ huó dòng fáng wū ] prefabricated building, prefab, mobile home, caravan, trailer |
| 活动扳手 | [ huó dòng bān shoǔ ] adjustable spanner |
| 活动挂图 | [ huó dòng guà tú ] flipchart |
| 活动曲尺 | [ huó dòng qū chǐ ] sliding bevel (to measure angles) |
| 活动桌面 | [ huó dòng zhuō miàn ] active desktop |
| 活动看板 | [ huó dòng kàn bǎn ] calendar of events |
| 活动能力 | [ huó dòng néng lì ] mobility, motility |
| 活报剧 | [ huó baò jù ] political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theater form of the 1920s) |
| 活学活用 | [ huó xué huó yòng ] to creatively combine learning with usage, to learn and apply pragmatically |
| 活宝 | [ huó baǒ ] buffoon, clown, ridiculous person |
| 活尸 | [ huó shī ] zombie |
| 活得不耐烦 | [ huó de bù naì fán ] to be tired of living, (coll.) to be asking for trouble |
| 活性剂 | [ huó xìng jì ] reagent (chemistry) |
| 活性氧类 | [ huó xìng yǎng leì ] activated oxygen species (AOS) |
| 活期帐户 | [ huó qī zhàng hù ] current account (in bank) |
| 活期贷款 | [ huó qī daì kuǎn ] demand loan (i.e. loan that the borrower can demanded back at any time) |
| 活期资金 | [ huó qī zī jīn ] funds on call, invested sum that can be cashed |
| 活检 | [ huó jiǎn ] biopsy, abbr. for 活體組織檢查|活体组织检查[huo2 ti3 zu3 zhi1 jian3 cha2] |
| 活气 | [ huó qì ] spirited atmosphere |
| 活泼 | [ huó po ] lively, vivacious, brisk, active, (chemistry) reactive |
| 活组织检查 | [ huó zǔ zhī jiǎn chá ] biopsy |
| 活结 | [ huó jié ] a slip-knot, a noose |
| 活脱 | [ huó tuō ] remarkably alike |
| 活脱脱 | [ huó tuō tuō ] remarkably alike |
| 活菩萨 | [ huó pú sà ] a living Buddha, fig. compassionate person, saint |
| 活着 | [ huó zhe ] alive |
| 活计 | [ huó jì ] handicraft, needlework, work |
| 活该 | [ huó gaī ] (coll.) serve sb right, deservedly, ought, should |
| 活蹦乱跳 | [ huó bèng luàn ] to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively, healthy and active |
| 活跃 | [ huó yuè ] active, lively, excited, to enliven, to brighten up |
| 活跃分子 | [ huó yuè fèn zǐ ] activist |
| 活门 | [ huó mén ] valve |
| 活雷锋 | [ huó leí fēng ] selfless model citizen, just like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1] |
| 活灵活现 | [ huó líng huó xiàn ] living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life, vivid and realistic |
| 活体 | [ huó tǐ ] living body, live specimen |
| 活体检视 | [ huó tǐ jiǎn shì ] biopsy |
| 活体组织检查 | [ huó tǐ zǔ zhī jiǎn chá ] biopsy, abbr. to 活檢|活检[huo2 jian3] |
| 活鱼 | [ huó yú ] fresh fish, living fish |
| 活龙活现 | [ huó lóng huó xiàn ] living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life, vivid and realistic |
| ⇒ 做活儿 | [ zuò huó ] erhua variant of 做活[zuo4 huo2] |
| ⇒ 公益活动 | [ gōng yì huó dòng ] charity event, public service activities |
| ⇒ 再活化假说 | [ zaì huó huà jiǎ shuō ] reactivation hypothesis |
| ⇒ 哭得死去活来 | [ kū de sǐ qù huó laí ] to cry one's heart out |
| ⇒ 地震活动带 | [ dì zhèn huó dòng daì ] seismic zone, earthquake belt |
| ⇒ 太阳活动 | [ taì yáng huó dòng ] sunspot activity, solar variation |
| ⇒ 好死不如赖活着 | [ haǒ sǐ bù rú laì huó zhe ] better a bad life than a good death (idiom) |
| ⇒ 好活当赏 | [ haǒ huó dāng shǎng ] (coll.) bravo, nice one, lovely |
| ⇒ 审美活动 | [ shěn meǐ huó dòng ] appreciating the arts, esthetic activity |
| ⇒ 干活 | [ gàn huó ] to work, to be employed |
| ⇒ 干活儿 | [ gàn huó ] erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2] |
| ⇒ 复活 | [ fù huó ] to revive, (lit. and fig.) to come back to life, (religion) resurrection |
| ⇒ 复活的军团 | [ fù huó de jūn tuán ] the Resurrected Army (CCTV documentary series about the Terracotta army) |
| ⇒ 复活节 | [ fù huó jié ] Easter |
| ⇒ 复活节岛 | [ fù huó jié daǒ ] Easter Island |
| ⇒ 复活赛 | [ fù huó saì ] repechage (supplementary qualifying round in sports) |
| ⇒ 爱得死去活来 | [ aì de sǐ qù huó laí ] to be madly in love |
| ⇒ 文康活动 | [ wén kāng huó dòng ] cultural and recreational activities (Tw) |
| ⇒ 乐活 | [ lè huó ] LOHAS (lifestyles of health and sustainability) |
| ⇒ 树挪死，人挪活 | [ shù nuó sǐ rén nuó huó ] lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom), fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change |
| ⇒ 死去活来 | [ sǐ qù huó laí ] to hover between life and death (idiom), to suffer terribly, within an inch of one's life |
| ⇒ 死活不顾 | [ sǐ huó bù gù ] regardless of life or death (idiom) |
| ⇒ 死马当活马医 | [ sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī ] lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom), fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation |
| ⇒ 活学活用 | [ huó xué huó yòng ] to creatively combine learning with usage, to learn and apply pragmatically |
| ⇒ 活灵活现 | [ huó líng huó xiàn ] living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life, vivid and realistic |
| ⇒ 活龙活现 | [ huó lóng huó xiàn ] living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life, vivid and realistic |
| ⇒ 减毒活疫苗 | [ jiǎn dú huó yì ] attenuated live vaccine |
| ⇒ 火山活动 | [ huǒ shān huó dòng ] volcanic activity, volcanism |
| ⇒ 生吞活剥 | [ shēng tūn huó bō ] to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically |
| ⇒ 生活作风 | [ shēng huó zuò fēng ] behavior, conduct |
| ⇒ 生活美学 | [ shēng huó meǐ xué ] appreciation of the finer things in life |
| ⇒ 生活设施 | [ shēng huó shè shī ] living facilities |
| ⇒ 生活费 | [ shēng huó feì ] cost of living, living expenses, alimony |
| ⇒ 生活资料 | [ shēng huó zī ] consumer goods, means of livelihood, means of subsistence, documents relating to sb's life |
| ⇒ 生活质料 | [ shēng huó zhì ] consumer goods |
| ⇒ 生活阔绰 | [ shēng huó kuò chuò ] a flashy lifestyle, to live it up |
| ⇒ 生活馆 | [ shēng huó guǎn ] living museum |
| ⇒ 生龙活虎 | [ shēng lóng huó hǔ ] lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom), fig. vigorous and lively |
| ⇒ 破坏活动 | [ pò huó dòng ] sabotage, subversive activities |
| ⇒ 社会活动 | [ shè huì huó dòng ] social activity |
| ⇒ 神气活现 | [ shén qì huó xiàn ] arrogant appearance, smug appearance, to act condescending, to put on airs |
| ⇒ 秘密活动 | [ mì mì huó dòng ] clandestine activities, covert operation |
| ⇒ 竞选活动 | [ jìng xuǎn huó dòng ] (election) campaign |
| ⇒ 绝活 | [ jué huó ] specialty, unique skill |
| ⇒ 经济活动 | [ jīng jì huó dòng ] economic activity |
| ⇒ 维持生活 | [ weí chí shēng huó ] to subsist, to eke out a living, to keep body and soul together |
| ⇒ 自由活动 | [ zì yoú huó dòng ] free time (between organized activities) |
| ⇒ 舱外活动 | [ cāng waì huó dòng ] extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle), EVA |
| ⇒ 苦活儿 | [ kǔ huó ] erhua variant of 苦活[ku3 huo2] |
| ⇒ 庄稼活儿 | [ zhuāng jia huó ] farm work |
| ⇒ 表面活化剂 | [ miàn huó huà jì ] surfactant |
| ⇒ 表面活性剂 | [ miàn huó xìng jì ] surfactant |
| ⇒ 讨生活 | [ taǒ shēng huó ] to eke out a living, to live from hand to mouth, to drift aimlessly |
| ⇒ 变活 | [ biàn huó ] to come to life (by magic) |
| ⇒ 农事活动 | [ nóng shì huó dòng ] agricultural activities |
| ⇒ 农活 | [ nóng huó ] farm work |
| ⇒ 过活 | [ guò huó ] to live one's life, to make a living |
| ⇒ 重活儿 | [ zhòng huó ] erhua variant of 重活[zhong4 huo2] |
| ⇒ 重活化剂 | [ zhòng huó huà jì ] reactivator |
| ⇒ 针线活 | [ zhēn xiàn huó ] needlework, sewing |
| ⇒ 针线活儿 | [ zhēn xiàn huó ] needlework, working for a living as a needleworker |
| ⇒ 针线活计 | [ zhēn xiàn huó jì ] needlework, sewing |
| ⇒ 铁窗生活 | [ tiě chuāng shēng huó ] time served in prison, prison life |
| ⇒ 间谍活动 | [ jiàn dié huó dòng ] espionage, spying |
| ⇒ 杂活 | [ zá huó ] odd jobs |
| ⇒ 灵活 | [ líng huó ] flexible, nimble, agile |
| ⇒ 灵活性 | [ líng huó xìng ] flexibility |
| ⇒ 饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙 | [ fàn hoù yī zhī yān saì guò huó shén xiān ] have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb) |
| ⇒ 饭后百步走，活到九十九 | [ fàn hoù baǐ bù zoǔ huó daò jiǔ shí jiǔ ] walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb) |
| ⇒ 养家活口 | [ yǎng jiā huó koǔ ] to support one's family (idiom) |
| ⇒ 养活 | [ yǎng huo ] to provide for, to keep (animals, a family etc), to raise animals, to feed and clothe, support, the necessities of life, to give birth |
| ⇒ 体育活动 | [ tǐ yù huó dòng ] sports, sporting activity |
| ⇒ 鲜活 | [ xiān huó ] vivid, lively, (of food ingredients) live or fresh |
| ⇒ 鲜活货物 | [ xiān huó huò wù ] live cargo |
