活靈活現

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	vivid
trad. (活靈活現)		活	靈	活現
simp. (活灵活现)		活	灵	活现

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huólínghuóxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ ling⁴ wut⁶ jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huólínghuóxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huólínghuósiàn
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-ling²-huo²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: hwó-líng-hwó-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwolinghwoshiann
    • Palladius: холинхосянь (xolinxosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ ling⁴ wut⁶ jin⁶
    • Yale: wuht lìhng wuht yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ ling⁴ wut⁹ jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ ling⁴ wud⁶ yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² lɪŋ²¹ wuːt̚² jiːn²²/

Idiom

活靈活現

1. vivid; lifelike; graphic

Synonyms

• 活龍活現／活龙活现 (huólónghuóxiàn)