快活
Old HSK 6
快活 (kuàihuo) · happy
快活 (kuàihuo) means “happy; cheerful”. It is written with 2 characters: 快 (fast) + 活 (to live). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 快活 is built
The characters
快 kuài · fast
What 快 is made of
- 忄xīn — heart
- 八bā — eight
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 夬guài — decisive
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 大dà — big
Origin hint: A decisive 夬 will 忄; 夬 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
活 huó · to live
What 活 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 舌shé — tongue
- 千qiān — thousand
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 十 — ten
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 千qiān — thousand
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 舌 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
孩子们在草地上快活地玩。Háizimen zài cǎodì shàng kuàihuo de wán.The children are playing happily on the grass.
放假了，大家都很快活。Fàngjià le, dàjiā dōu hěn kuàihuo.It's the holidays and everyone is cheerful.
Questions about 快活
What does 快活 mean?
快活 (kuàihuo) means “happy; cheerful”.
How do you pronounce 快活?
快活 is pronounced kuàihuo.
Which HSK level is 快活?
快活 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 快餐kuàicānfast food
- 快点儿kuài diǎnrhurry up
- 快乐kuàilèhappy
- 快要kuàiyàoto be about to
- 凉快liángkuainice and cool
- 赶快gǎnkuàiquickly
- 加快jiākuàito speed up
- 快速kuàisùfast
- 尽快jǐnkuàias soon as possible
- 快递kuàidìexpress delivery
Learn 快活 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 110: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.