活潑

See also: 活泼, 活溌, and 活発

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	splash; to spill; violent
trad. (活潑)		活	潑
simp. (活泼)		活	泼

Etymology

Short for 活潑剌／活泼剌, 活潑潑／活泼泼; probably a compound of 活 (huó) and onomatopoeia 潑剌／泼剌, 潑潑／泼泼.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huópō

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ put³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa̍t-phat
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoa̍t-phoat / oa̍h-phoat / oa̍t-phoat

(Teochew, Peng'im): uah⁸ puah⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huópō → huópo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄆㄛ → ㄏㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄆㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huópo̊
  - Wade–Giles: huo²-pʻo⁵
  - Yale: hwó-pwo
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo.po
  - Palladius: хопо (xopo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /xu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ put³
  - Yale: wuht put
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ put⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ pud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² pʰuːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t-phat
  - Hakka Romanization System: fad pad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁶ pad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁵ pʰat̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t-phoat
  - Tâi-lô: hua̍t-phuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoadphoad
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚²⁴⁻² pʰuat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huat̚⁴⁻³² pʰuat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-phoat
  - Tâi-lô: ua̍h-phuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaqphoad
  - IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pʰuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pʰuat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pʰuat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t-phoat
  - Tâi-lô: ua̍t-phuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oadphoad
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uat̚⁴⁻³² pʰuat̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uah⁸ puah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ua̍h phuah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaʔ⁴⁻² pʰuaʔ²/

Adjective

活潑

(of personality) lively; vivacious
(of artistic style) vivid
flexible; not stiff
(literary) wealthy; well-off; rich
(chemistry) reactive; active; labile

Synonyms

(lively): 活躍／活跃 (huóyuè); (Hokkien) 活跳
(vivid): 生動／生动 (shēngdòng)
(wealthy):

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優裕 / 优裕 (yōuyù)
多金 (duōjīn) (literary)
好康 (Hokkien)
好額 / 好额 (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
富有 (fùyǒu)
富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
富裕 (fùyù)
富貴 / 富贵 (fùguì) (wealthy and respectable)
富足 (fùzú)
寬綽 / 宽绰 (kuānchuò)
寬裕 / 宽裕 (kuānyù)
寬鬆 / 宽松 (kuānsōng)
有米 (jau⁵ mai⁵) (Cantonese)
有錢 / 有钱 (yǒuqián)
有鐳 / 有镭 (Hokkien)
殷富 (yīnfù) (archaic)
殷實 (yīnshí)
潤屋 / 润屋 (rùnwū) (literary)
萬貫 / 万贯 (wànguàn) (dated)
肥實 / 肥实 (féishí) (colloquial)
肥饒 / 肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
腰裡橫 / 腰里横 (yāolǐhèng) (Northern Mandarin, slang)
膏腴 (Hokkien)
華貴 / 华贵 (huáguì)
趁錢 / 趁钱 (chènqián) (Northeastern Mandarin, colloquial)
闊 / 阔 (kuò)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “lively”): 呆板 (dāibǎn), 死板 (sǐbǎn)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (活潑):

→ Japanese: 活発(かっぱつ) (kappatsu)
→ Korean: 활발(活潑) (hwalbal)
→ Vietnamese: hoạt bát (活潑)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
活	潑
かつ > かっ Grade: 2	はつ > ぱつ Hyōgai
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 活潑 – see the following entry.

【活発かっぱつ】

active, vigorous, spirited, perky, vivacious

(rare) activity, vigor, vivacity

Alternative spelling
活溌

(This term, 活潑, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (活溌) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
活	潑

Noun

活潑 • (hwalbal) (hangeul 활발)

hanja form^? of 활발 (“liveliness; briskness; sprightliness”)

活潑