活動

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Chinese

to live; alive; living
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
 
to move; to change; to use
to move; to change; to use; to act
 
trad. (活動) 活 動
simp. (活动) 活 动

Pronunciation

Verb

活動

  1. to move; to move about
  2. to exercise (to engage in physical activity to improve fitness)
  3. to maneuver; to wangle

Synonyms

Noun

活動

  1. (uncountable) activity (condition in which things are happening)
    地震活動／地震活动  ―  dìzhèn huódòng  ―  seismic activity
    內心活動／内心活动  ―  nèixīn huódòng  ―  innermost thoughts
    人類活動導致的氣候變化 [MSC, trad.]
    人类活动导致的气候变化 [MSC, simp.]
    rénlèi huódòng dǎozhì de qìhòu biànhuà
    human-induced climate change
  2. (countable) activity (a thing that is done); event (Classifier: 項／项 m)
    組織活動／组织活动  ―  zǔzhī huódòng  ―  to organize activities
    體育活動／体育活动  ―  tǐyù huódòng  ―  sporting activities
    募捐活動／募捐活动  ―  mùjuān huódòng  ―  fundraising activity
  3. (countable, uncountable, advertising) promotion; campaign; event (Classifier: 項／项 m)

Adjective

活動

  1. shaky; unstable
  2. flexible; movable

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (活動):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
活 動
かつ
Grade: 2 		どう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

活(かつ)動(どう) • (katsudō) 

  1. activity, work, operation

Derived terms

Verb

活(かつ)動(どう)する • (katsudō suru) suru (stem 活(かつ)動(どう)し (katsudō shi), past 活(かつ)動(どう)した (katsudō shita))

  1. to act, to operate, to work

Conjugation

Conjugation of "活動する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 活動し かつどうし katsudō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 活動し かつどうし katsudō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 活動する かつどうする katsudō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 活動する かつどうする katsudō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 活動すれ かつどうすれ katsudō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 活動せよ¹
活動しろ² 		かつどうせよ¹
かつどうしろ² 		katsudō seyo¹
katsudō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 活動される かつどうされる katsudō sareru
Causative 活動させる
活動さす 		かつどうさせる
かつどうさす 		katsudō saseru
katsudō sasu
Potential 活動できる かつどうできる katsudō dekiru
Volitional 活動しよう かつどうしよう katsudō shiyō
Negative 活動しない かつどうしない katsudō shinai
Negative continuative 活動せず かつどうせず katsudō sezu
Formal 活動します かつどうします katsudō shimasu
Perfective 活動した かつどうした katsudō shita
Conjunctive 活動して かつどうして katsudō shite
Hypothetical conditional 活動すれば かつどうすれば katsudō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
活動

Noun

活動 • (hwaldong) (hangeul 활동)

  1. hanja form? of 활동 (“activity”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
活動

Noun

活動

  1. chữ Hán form of hoạt động (“activity; event”).

Adjective

活動

  1. chữ Hán form of hoạt động (“active”).
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