Word information
Simplified苟活
Traditional苟活
Pinyingǒu huó
Part of speechDictionary
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HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
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How to learn 苟活
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.
生活shēnghuó
to live; life; livelihood
干活儿gànhuórerhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]
活huóto live; alive; living; work; workmanship
活动huódòngto 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
活泼huópōlively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive
灵活línghuóflexible; nimble; agile