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活動

简 活动 · 繁 活動
Mandarin · pinyin huó dòng

Meanings

  1. to exercise; to move about; to work out
  2. shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
  3. movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc)
  4. (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity
  5. (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (Classifier: 項 xiàng)
  6. to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
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Characters in this entry

活
huó · live, exist, survive; lively
動
dòng · move, happen; movement, action
动
dòng · move, happen; movement, action
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2–4 · huo2 dong4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wut6 dung6

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verb

  1. to move; to move about
  2. to exercise (to engage in physical activity to improve fitness)
  3. to maneuver; to wangle

noun

  1. (uncountable) activity (condition in which things are happening)
  2. (countable) activity (a thing that is done); event (Classifier: 項／项 m)
  3. (countable, uncountable, advertising) promotion; campaign; event (Classifier: 項／项 m)

adj

  1. shaky; unstable
  2. flexible; movable

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活動 · huo2 dong4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 64,824
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Exact source record活動 活动 [huo2 dong4] /to exercise; to move about; to work out/shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)/movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc)/(volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity/(outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4])/to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc/