活动
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
活动 (huódòng) · activity
活动 (huódòng) means “activity; event; to move about”. It is written with 2 characters: 活 (to live) + 动 (to move). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 活动 is built
The characters
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)
动 dòng · to move
What 动 is made of
- 云yún — cloud
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 二 — two strokes
- 力lì — strength
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: strength (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们出去活动活动吧。Wǒmen chūqù huódòng huódòng ba.Let's go out and move about a bit.
坐久了要站起来活动一下。Zuò jiǔ le yào zhàn qǐlái huódòng yīxià.After sitting for a long time, you should get up and move around.
Questions about 活动
What does 活动 mean?
活动 (huódòng) means “activity; event; to move about”.
How do you pronounce 活动?
活动 is pronounced huódòng.
Which HSK level is 活动?
活动 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 干活儿gànhuórto work
- 生活shēnghuólife
- 活泼huópolively
- 活跃huóyuèlively
- 灵活línghuóflexible
- 复活fùhuóto come back to life
- 活该huógāiit serves sb right
- 活力huólìenergy
- 快活kuàihuohappy
- 活huóto live
Learn 活动 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 12: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.