活現

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current
trad. (活現)		活	現
simp. (活现)		活	现

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huóxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huóxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huósiàn
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: hwó-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwoshiann
    • Palladius: хосянь (xosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ jin⁶
    • Yale: wuht yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² jiːn²²/

Adjective

活現

1. vivid

Derived terms

• 活靈活現／活灵活现 (huólínghuóxiàn)
• 活龍活現／活龙活现 (huólónghuóxiàn)