活动
activity; event; to move about
HSK level
- Pinyin
- huódòng
- Part of speech
- noun
- Level
- HSK 4
- Strokes
- 15
- Register
- neutral
- Measure word
- 个 / 次
- In episodes
- 1
Stroke order for 活动
活动 is written with 15 strokes (活: 9, 动: 6). The animation replays automatically.
What does 活动 mean?
活动 (huódòng) most commonly is a noun meaning an activity, event, or organized gathering — 参加活动 'take part in an event,' 户外活动 'outdoor activities,' 促销活动 'a promotional campaign.'
It also works as a verb meaning to move about, get some exercise, or loosen up: 活动活动身体 'move your body / stretch a bit.' As an adjective it can mean loose or movable (活动的牙齿 'a loose tooth'). English speakers should note that as a noun it spans a wide range English splits into 'activity,' 'event,' 'function,' and 'campaign,' so context decides the translation.
Its verb sense of 'moving around to keep limber' has no clean single-word English match. Register is neutral and extremely high-frequency. Compare 运动 (physical sport/exercise) and 举行 (to hold/stage an event, the verb you use to organize a 活动).
Character by character
Memory hook: 活 (alive) + 动 (move) — living and moving: activity.
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九月十七号，他们在一家小饭馆后面办了一个活动。
On the seventeenth of September, they held an event behind a small restaurant.
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Example sentences
周末学校有一个有趣的活动。
Zhōumò xuéxiào yǒu yí ge yǒuqù de huódòng.
There's a fun event at school this weekend.
spoken
坐久了，起来活动活动吧。
Zuò jiǔ le, qǐlái huódòng huódòng ba.
You've been sitting a while, get up and move around.
spoken
公司每年都会举办一次团队活动。
Gōngsī měinián dōu huì jǔbàn yí cì tuánduì huódòng.
The company holds a team event once a year.
neutral
这次公益活动吸引了很多志愿者参加。
Zhè cì gōngyì huódòng xīyǐn le hěn duō zhìyuànzhě cānjiā.
This charity event drew many volunteers.
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