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 ㄆㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ put³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa̍t-phat
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoa̍t-phoat / oa̍h-phoat / oa̍t-phoat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uah⁸ puah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huópō → huópo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄛ → ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄆㄛ (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/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uah⁸ puah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ua̍h phuah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaʔ⁴⁻² pʰuaʔ²/

Adjective

活潑

1. (of personality) lively; vivacious
2. (of artistic style) vivid
3. flexible; not stiff
4. (literary) wealthy; well-off; rich
5. (chemistry) reactive; active; labile

Synonyms

• (lively): 活躍／活跃 (huóyuè); (Hokkien) 活跳
• (vivid): 生動／生动 (shēngdòng)
• (wealthy):

• 優裕／优裕 (yōuyù)
• 多金 (duōjīn) (literary)
• 好康 (Hokkien)
• 好額／好额 (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
• 富有 (fùyǒu)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 富裕 (fùyù)
• 富貴／富贵 (fùguì) (wealthy and respectable)
• 富足 (fùzú)
• 寬綽／宽绰 (kuānchuò)
• 寬裕／宽裕 (kuānyù)
• 寬鬆／宽松 (kuānsōng)
• 有米 (jau⁵ mai⁵) (Cantonese)
• 有錢／有钱 (yǒuqián)
• 有鐳／有镭 (Hokkien)
• 殷富 (yīnfù) (archaic)
• 殷實 (yīnshí)
• 潤屋／润屋 (rùnwū) (literary)
• 萬貫／万贯 (wànguàn) (dated)
• 肥實／肥实 (féishí) (colloquial)
• 肥饒／肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
• 腰裡橫／腰里横 (yāolǐhèng) (Northern Mandarin, slang)
• 膏腴 (Hokkien)
• 華貴／华贵 (huáguì)
• 趁錢／趁钱 (chènqián) (Northeastern Mandarin, colloquial)
• 闊／阔 (kuò)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “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
kan’on

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 spelling 活溌

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
活	潑

Noun

活潑 • (hwalbal) (hangeul 활발)

1. Hanja form^? of 활발 (“liveliness; briskness; sprightliness”).