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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t-phat
  - Hakka Romanization System: fad pad`
  - 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):

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

天真活潑／天真活泼
活活潑潑／活活泼泼
生動活潑／生动活泼 (shēngdònghuópō)

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 Hyōgaiji
kan’on

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

【活発かっぱつ】

[adjective] active, vigorous, spirited, perky, vivacious

[noun] (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”).

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