活扣

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	10 percent; button; detain
simp. and trad. (活扣)		活	扣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huókòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄎㄡˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-khàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huókòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huókòu
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-kʻou⁴
    • Yale: hwó-kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwokow
    • Palladius: хокоу (xokou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huókòur
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄎㄡˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huókòur
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-kʻou⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwó-kòur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwokowl
    • Palladius: хокоур (xokour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-khàu
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-khàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqqaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰau²¹/

Noun

活扣

1. knot that can be undone by a pull; slipknot

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 活結 (“knot that can be undone by a pull; slipknot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		活結, 活扣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Taiwan	活結
	Chengde	活扣兒
	Chifeng	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	活扣兒, 活結
	Heihe	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Qiqihar	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Harbin	活扣兒, 活結子, 活疙瘩
	Jiamusi	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Baicheng	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Changchun	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Tonghua	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Shenyang	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Jinzhou	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	活扣兒
	Tangshan	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Cangzhou	活扣兒
	Baoding	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Shijiazhuang	活扣兒
	Lijin	活扣兒
	Jinan	活扣兒 small, 活䙡兒 large
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	活扣兒
	Dandong	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Yantai	活扣兒
	Yantai (Muping)	活扣兒
	Qingdao	活扣兒
	Zhucheng	活扣兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	活䙡兒, 活疙瘩兒
	Lingbao	活疙瘩
	Jining	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Linfen	活疙瘩
	Shangqiu	活疙瘩
	Yuanyang	活扣兒
	Zhengzhou	活疙瘩, 活䙡兒
	Xinyang	活扣兒
	Baihe	活寬子
	Xi'an	活疙瘩, 活曲頭
	Baoji	活疙瘩
	Tianshui	活扣, 活疙瘩
	Xining	活䙡
	Xuzhou	活扣兒
	Fuyang	活䙡兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	活扣兒, 活疙瘩, 活䙡子
	Lanzhou	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Dunhuang	活扣子
	Hami	活䙡子, 活疙瘩
	Ürümqi	活疙瘩
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	活疙瘩
	Nanchong	活結疙瘩
	Dazhou	活扣兒, 活拉扣
	Xichang	活疙瘩
	Zigong	活絡扣兒
	Chongqing	活拉扣兒, 活疙瘩兒
	Wuhan	活疙瘩
	Yichang	活疙瘩
	Xiangyang	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Tianmen	活扣子, 活結巴
	Guiyang	活疙瘩
	Zunyi	活疙瘩
	Bijie	活疙瘩, 活拉套
	Liping	活疙瘩
	Zhaotong	活絡扣
	Dali	活絡扣
	Kunming	活扣, 活疙瘩
	Mengzi	活疙瘩
	Guilin	活疙瘩
	Liuzhou	活結, 活疙瘩
	Jishou	活絡套兒, 活疙瘩
	Changde	活結巴
	Hanzhong	活扣, 活結, 活疙瘩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	活結兒
	Yangzhou	活結
	Lianyungang	活扣子, 活疙瘩
	Lianshui	活扣子
	Nantong	活扣兒, 活結
	Anqing	活結
	Wuhu	活疙瘩
	Hefei	活疙瘩
	Hong'an	活疙瘩, 活結, 活結巴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	生纈
	Hong Kong	生纈
	Taishan	生卡
Gan	Lichuan	活縷
Hakka	Meixian	生結
	Yudu	活結, 索結
Huizhou	Jixi	活結, 抽抽結
	Shexian	活絡結, 活結
Jin	Taiyuan	活疙瘩
	Yangyuan	活疙瘩
	Datong	活疙瘩
	Xinzhou	活疙瘩
	Lüliang (Lishi)	活疙瘩, 活圈圈
	Changzhi	活䙡子, 活疙瘩
	Linhe	活扣, 活結子, 活疙瘩
	Jining	活疙瘩
	Hohhot	活扣, 活疙瘩
	Erenhot	活扣子, 活疙瘩
	Pingshan	活扣兒
	Zhangjiakou	活扣兒, 活疙瘩
	Handan	活疙瘩, 活䙡兒
	Linzhou	活䙡兒
	Suide	活疙瘩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	活㠺
Southern Min	Xiamen	活結
	Quanzhou	活結
	Zhangzhou	活結
	Tainan	活結
	Shantou	活結
Wu	Shanghai	活結
	Shanghai (Chongming)	活結, 抽結
	Suzhou	活結
	Danyang	抽箍結, 活結
	Hangzhou	活結頭
	Ningbo	活結
Xiang	Changsha	活結頭, 活結它, 活它, 活結巴

Antonyms

• 死扣 (sǐkòu)