活人
Chinese
editto live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
man; person; people | ||
---|---|---|---|
simp. and trad. (活人) |
活 | 人 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huórén
- Wade–Giles: huo2-jên2
- Yale: hwó-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hworen
- Palladius: хожэнь (xožɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wut6 jan4
- Yale: wuht yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: wut9 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: wud6 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːt̚² jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
edit活人
- living person
- 統統相符合的事,在戰爭或戰鬥中是極其少有的,這是因為戰爭或戰鬥的雙方是成群的武裝著的活人,而又互相保持秘密的緣故。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Tǒngtǒng xiāng fúhé de shì, zài zhànzhēng huò zhàndòu zhōng shì jíqí shǎoyǒu de, zhè shì yīnwèi zhànzhēng huò zhàndòu de shuāngfāng shì chéngqún de wǔzhuāng zhe de huórén, ér yòu hùxiāng bǎochí mìmì de yuángù. [Pinyin]
- Such complete correspondence is extremely rare in a war or a battle, in which the belligerents are groups of live human beings bearing arms and keeping their secrets from each other; this is quite unlike handling inanimate objects or routine matters.
统统相符合的事,在战争或战斗中是极其少有的,这是因为战争或战斗的双方是成群的武装着的活人,而又互相保持秘密的缘故。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
edit- (Xiang) 活人子
Verb
edit活人
- (literary) to revive a person; to bring someone else alive
- 若以為善矣,不足活身;以為不善矣,足以活人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Ruò yǐwéi shàn yǐ, bùzú huóshēn; yǐwéi bùshàn yǐ, zúyǐ huórén. [Pinyin]
- If indeed it be considered good, it is not sufficient to preserve their persons alive; if it be deemed not good, it is sufficient to preserve other people alive.
若以为善矣,不足活身;以为不善矣,足以活人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Categories:
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Cantonese nouns
- Hokkien nouns
- Chinese verbs
- Mandarin verbs
- Cantonese verbs
- Hokkien verbs
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 活
- Chinese terms spelled with 人
- Mandarin terms with quotations
- Chinese literary terms
- Literary Chinese terms with quotations
- zh:People