Chinese

活動

/xu̯ɔ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
to move; to move about
  • TOCFL 5
  • 活动

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  • characterChinese活 “to live; to exist”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • soundChinese𠯑 “to block the mouth”
  • characterChinese動 “to move”
    • soundChinese重 “heavy”
      • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
      • soundChinese東 “east”
    • meaningChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”

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