Chinese word dictionary

活蹦乱跳

huó bèng luàn tiào · to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively; healthy and active

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Word information

Simplified活蹦乱跳

Traditional活蹦亂跳

Pinyinhuó bèng luàn tiào

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

活huó

to exist, to live, to survive; living, working

蹦bèng

to jump, to bounce on; bright

乱luàn

anarchy, chaos; revolt

跳tiào

to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance

How to learn 活蹦乱跳

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

跳舞tiàowǔ

to dance

生活shēnghuó

to live; life; livelihood

跳tiào

to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate

干活儿gànhuór

erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]

活huó

to live; alive; living; work; workmanship

活动huódòng

to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc