活潑

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

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• 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

1. (of personality) lively; vivacious
2. (of artistic style) vivid
3. flexible; not stiff
4. wealthy
5. (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

1. 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)