活活

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
simp. and trad. (活活)		活	活

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huóhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ wut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-oa̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huóhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huóhuó
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-huo²
    • Yale: hwó-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwohwo
    • Palladius: хохо (xoxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ wut⁶
    • Yale: wuht wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² wuːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-oa̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-ua̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaq'oah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² uaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ uaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ uaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uaʔ⁴/

Adverb

活活

1. while still alive

   活活餓死／活活饿死  ―  huóhuó èsǐ  ―  to die of hunger

2. simply; totally

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	活
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古活切
Baxter	kwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gut3

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	活
Reading #	1/2
No.	7568
Phonetic component	桰
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	括
Old Chinese	/*koːd/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guōguō, kuòkuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄛ, ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guōguō
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guoguo
    • Wade–Giles: kuo¹-kuo¹
    • Yale: gwō-gwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guoguo
    • Palladius: гого (gogo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuòkuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuòkuò
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴-kʻuo⁴
    • Yale: kwò-kwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuohkuoh
    • Palladius: коко (koko)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kwat kwat

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːd  koːd/

Adjective

活活

1. (literary) The sound or appearance of running water.

   • 河水洋洋、北流活活。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hé shuǐ yángyáng, běi liú guōguō. [Pinyin]

     The waters of the He, wide and deep,
     Flow northwards in majestic course.

2. (literary) muddy; or the sound of walking in muddy water