活潑

See also: 活泼, 活溌, and 活発

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huópō → huópo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄨㄛ → ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄆㄨㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huópo̊
  - Wade–Giles: huo²-pʻo⁵
  - Yale: hwó-pwo
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo.po
  - Palladius: хопо (xopo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ put³
  - Yale: wuht put
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ put⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ pud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² pʰuːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t-phat
  - Hakka Romanization System: fad pad`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁶ pad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁵ pʰat̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t-phoat
  - Tâi-lô: hua̍t-phuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoadphoad
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚²⁴⁻² pʰuat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰuat̚³²/
  - 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 (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pʰuat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pʰuat̚³²/
- (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
(literary) wealthy; well-off; rich
(chemistry) reactive; active; labile

Synonyms

(lively): 活躍／活跃 (huóyuè)
(vivid): 生動／生动 (shēngdòng)
(wealthy):

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Synonyms of 活潑

多金 (duōjīn) (literary)
好康 (Min Nan)
富有 (fùyǒu)
富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
富裕 (fùyù)
富足 (fùzú)
有米 (Cantonese)
膏腴 (Min Nan)
殷富 (yīnfù) (archaic)
優裕／优裕 (yōuyù)
好額／好额 (Min Nan, Taiwanese Hakka)
富貴／富贵 (fùguì) (wealthy and respectable)
寬綽／宽绰 (kuānchuò)

寬裕／宽裕 (kuānyù)
寬鬆／宽松 (kuānsōng)
有錢／有钱 (yǒuqián)
有鐳／有镭 (Min Nan)
殷實／殷实 (yīnshí)
潤屋／润屋 (rùnwū) (literary)
肥實／肥实 (féishí) (colloquial)
肥饒／肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
腰裡橫／腰里横 (yāolǐhèng) (Northern Mandarin, slang)
華貴／华贵 (huáguì)
萬貫／万贯 (wànguàn) (dated)
趁錢／趁钱 (chènqián) (Northeastern Mandarin, colloquial)
闊／阔 (kuò) (informal)

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

生動活潑／生动活泼 (shēngdònghuópō)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (活潑):

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
活	潑
かつ > かっ Grade: 2	はつ > ぱつ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 活潑 – see the following entry.

【活発かっぱつ】

[adjective] active, vigorous, spirited, perky, vivacious

[noun] (rare) activity, vigor, vivacity

Alternative spellings
活潑, 活溌

(This term, 活潑, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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