"活兒" meaning in Chinese

See 活兒 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: huór [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], huór [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], huór [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], huo²-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hwór [Mandarin, Yale], hwol [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хор [Mandarin, Palladius], xor [Mandarin, Palladius] Forms: 活儿
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 活兒
  1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 活 (huó).
    job; task
    Tags: Mandarin Synonyms (task): 生活 (shēnghuó) [dialectal]
    Sense id: en-活兒-zh-noun-Ozp3KCZs Categories (other): Mandarin Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'task': 95 5
  2. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 活 (huó).
    (informal) sexual intercourse
    Tags: Mandarin, informal
    Sense id: en-活兒-zh-noun-kLLLUTtd Categories (other): Mandarin Chinese, Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 41 59 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 幹活兒 (gànhuór), 干活儿 (gànhuór), 絕活兒 (juéhuór), 绝活儿 (juéhuór), 趕活兒 (gǎnhuór), 赶活儿 (gǎnhuór), 農活兒 (nónghuór), 农活儿 (nónghuór), 針線活兒 (zhēnxiànhuór), 针线活儿 (zhēnxiànhuór) Related terms: 空課 [Hokkien, Teochew], 空课 [Hokkien, Teochew]
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      "word": "幹活兒"
    },
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      "roman": "gànhuór",
      "word": "干活儿"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "juéhuór",
      "word": "絕活兒"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "绝活儿"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gǎnhuór",
      "word": "趕活兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gǎnhuór",
      "word": "赶活儿"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nónghuór",
      "word": "農活兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nónghuór",
      "word": "农活儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhēnxiànhuór",
      "word": "針線活兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhēnxiànhuór",
      "word": "针线活儿"
    }
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          "english": "I was busy all day, and the work just keeps coming; I finally could get hold of some time to rest a little!",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
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        {
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          "roman": "Wǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
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          "text": "我忙了大半天了,活儿就不停地来;可逮着了个空儿歇会儿!",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Erhua form of 活 (huó).",
        "job; task"
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          "job",
          "job"
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        "(Mandarin) Erhua form of 活 (huó).",
        "job; task"
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        {
          "english": "Straight men in China have some sort of problem… they don't have good sex.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2019 December, 陈志舜 (Chen Zhishun), 《以身体叙事为视角跨性别者自我认同过程研究》 [Transgender Self-Identification Process Research: Body Narrative as Main Aspects] (thesis), Shanghai: East China University of Science and Technology, page 33",
          "roman": "Zhōngguó de zhínán zhēnde yǒudiǎn bug...... Tāmen huór zhēnde bù hěn hǎo.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "中國的直男真的有點bug……他們活兒真的不很好。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Straight men in China have some sort of problem… they don't have good sex.",
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            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "ref": " 2019 December, 陈志舜 (Chen Zhishun), 《以身体叙事为视角跨性别者自我认同过程研究》 [Transgender Self-Identification Process Research: Body Narrative as Main Aspects] (thesis), Shanghai: East China University of Science and Technology, page 33",
          "roman": "Zhōngguó de zhínán zhēnde yǒudiǎn bug...... Tāmen huór zhēnde bù hěn hǎo.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "中国的直男真的有点bug……他们活儿真的不很好。",
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        }
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        "Erhua form of 活 (huó).",
        "sexual intercourse"
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          "活",
          "活#Chinese"
        ],
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          "sexual",
          "sexual"
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        "(Mandarin) Erhua form of 活 (huó).",
        "(informal) sexual intercourse"
      ],
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        "informal"
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    }
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  "sounds": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huór"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huór"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huór"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huo²-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwór"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwol"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хор"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "活兒"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 兒",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 活",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "gànhuór",
      "word": "幹活兒"
    },
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      "roman": "gànhuór",
      "word": "干活儿"
    },
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      "roman": "juéhuór",
      "word": "絕活兒"
    },
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      "roman": "juéhuór",
      "word": "绝活儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎnhuór",
      "word": "趕活兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǎnhuór",
      "word": "赶活儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nónghuór",
      "word": "農活兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nónghuór",
      "word": "农活儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēnxiànhuór",
      "word": "針線活兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēnxiànhuór",
      "word": "针线活儿"
    }
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          "english": "I was busy all day, and the work just keeps coming; I finally could get hold of some time to rest a little!",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我忙了大半天了,活兒就不停地來;可逮著了個空兒歇會兒!",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I was busy all day, and the work just keeps coming; I finally could get hold of some time to rest a little!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "dialectal Mandarin",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "我忙了大半天了,活儿就不停地来;可逮着了个空儿歇会儿!",
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        }
      ],
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        "Erhua form of 活 (huó).",
        "job; task"
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          "job",
          "job"
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        "(Mandarin) Erhua form of 活 (huó).",
        "job; task"
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          "english": "Straight men in China have some sort of problem… they don't have good sex.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2019 December, 陈志舜 (Chen Zhishun), 《以身体叙事为视角跨性别者自我认同过程研究》 [Transgender Self-Identification Process Research: Body Narrative as Main Aspects] (thesis), Shanghai: East China University of Science and Technology, page 33",
          "roman": "Zhōngguó de zhínán zhēnde yǒudiǎn bug...... Tāmen huór zhēnde bù hěn hǎo.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "中國的直男真的有點bug……他們活兒真的不很好。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Straight men in China have some sort of problem… they don't have good sex.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2019 December, 陈志舜 (Chen Zhishun), 《以身体叙事为视角跨性别者自我认同过程研究》 [Transgender Self-Identification Process Research: Body Narrative as Main Aspects] (thesis), Shanghai: East China University of Science and Technology, page 33",
          "roman": "Zhōngguó de zhínán zhēnde yǒudiǎn bug...... Tāmen huór zhēnde bù hěn hǎo.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "中国的直男真的有点bug……他们活儿真的不很好。",
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        }
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        "Erhua form of 活 (huó).",
        "sexual intercourse"
      ],
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          "活",
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        ],
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          "sexual",
          "sexual"
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        "(Mandarin) Erhua form of 活 (huó).",
        "(informal) sexual intercourse"
      ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "informal"
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    }
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "huór"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huór"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "huór"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huo²-ʼrh"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwór"
    },
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      ],
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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    },
    {
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        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xor"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "ipa": "/xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/"
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    {
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      "sense": "task",
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      ],
      "word": "生活"
    }
  ],
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}

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