活潑

See also: 活泼

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	splash; to spill; violent
trad. (活潑)		活	潑
simp. (活泼)		活	泼

Etymology

Short for 活潑剌／活泼剌, 活潑潑／活泼泼; probably a compound of 活 (huó) and onomatopoeia 潑剌／泼剌, 潑潑／泼泼.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huópō

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ put³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa̍t-phat
Min Nan (POJ): hoa̍t-phoat / oa̍h-phoat / oa̍t-phoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huópō → huópo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄛ → ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄆㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo.po
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ put³
  - Yale: wuht put
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ put⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ pud³
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² pʰuːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t-phat
  - Hakka Romanization System: fad pad`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁶ pad⁵
  - IPA: /fat̚⁵ pʰat̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t-phoat
  - Tâi-lô: hua̍t-phuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoadphoad
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚²⁴⁻²² pʰuat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huat̚⁴⁻³² pʰuat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-phoat
  - Tâi-lô: ua̍h-phuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaqphoad
  - IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² pʰuat̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t-phoat
  - Tâi-lô: ua̍t-phuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oadphoad
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uat̚⁴⁻³² pʰuat̚³²/

Adjective

活潑

(of personality) lively; vivacious
(of artistic style) vivid
flexible; not stiff
wealthy
(chemistry) reactive; active; labile

Synonyms

(lively): 活躍／活跃 (huóyuè)

Antonyms

(lively): 呆板 (dāibǎn), 死板 (sǐbǎn)

Derived terms

天真活潑／天真活泼

活活潑潑／活活泼泼

Verb

活潑

to be flexible

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (活潑):

→ Japanese: 活発 (かっぱつ) (kappatsu)
→ Korean: 활발 (活潑, hwalbal)
→ Vietnamese: hoạt bát (活潑)

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