活: live; exist

活 huó

noun | adjective | verb
: to live; alive
: survive; living
: work; workmanship

活き | いき iki

noun
: living; being alive
: freshness; liveliness; vitality
: situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go)
: (Usually written using kana alone) stet; (Prefix) damned

活きる | いきる ikiru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to live; to exist
: to make a living; to subsist
: to be in effect; to be in use; to function
: to come to life; to be enlivened
: to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

活かす | いかす ikasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc)
: to let live; to keep alive;
: to revive; to resuscitate

活かる | いかる ikaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display
: to be buried

活ける | いける ikeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to arrange (flowers); to plant

活動[动] huo2dong4: to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior
[活動 | かつどう katsudou: action; activity]

活兒[儿] huo2r: work; (lots of) things to do

活躍[跃] huo2yue4: active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up
[活躍 | かつやく katsuyaku: activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service

: to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role]

活該[该] huo2gai1: (coll.) serve somebody right; deservedly; ought; should

活力 huo2li4: energy; vitality; vigor; vital force
[かつりょく katsuryoku: vitality; energy; dynamism]

生活 sheng1huo2: life; activity; to live; livelihood
[せいかつ seikatsu: living; life (one’s daily existence); livelihood]

生活方式 sheng1 huo2 fang1 shi4: way of life; lifestyle

靈[灵]活 ling2huo2: flexible; nimble; agile

搞活 gao3huo2: to enliven; to invigorate; to revitalize

复活 fu4huo2: resurrection

激活 ji1huo2: to activate

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
生活不安 | せいかつふあん seikatsu fuan
: (yoji) worry (uncertainty, uneasiness, insecurity) about one’s life (future)

死中求活 | しちゅうきゅうかつ shichuu kyuukatsu
: (yoji) finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation; seeking a way out of a desperate situation

死活問題 | しかつもんだい shikatsumondai
: (yoji) matter of life or death; life-and-death problem

独活の大木 | うどのたいぼく udo no taiboku
: good for nothing (of people); derived from a large ‘udo’ plant being of no use (only the young, tender, plant can be eaten)

死中に活を求める | しちゅうにかつをもとめる shichuu ni katsu o motomeru
: to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom | proverb
不知死活 bu4 zhi1 si3 huo2
: to act recklessly

你死我活 ni3 si3 wo3 huo2
: lit. you die, I live; irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist

死去活來 [死去活来] si3 qu4 huo2 lai2
: to hover between life and death; to suffer terribly; within an inch of one’s life

生龍活虎 [生龙活虎] sheng1 long2 huo2 hu3
: lit. lively dragon and animated tiger; fig. vigorous and lively

活得不耐煩 [活得不耐烦] huo2 de5 bu4 nai4 fan2
: to be tired of living; (coll.) to be asking for trouble

哭得死去活來 [哭得死去活来] ku1 de5 si3 qu4 huo2 lai2
: to cry one’s heart out

愛得死去活來 [爱得死去活来] ai4 de5 si3 qu4 huo2 lai2
: to be madly in love

死馬當活馬醫 [死马当活马医] si3 ma3 dang1 huo2 ma3 yi1
: lit. to give medicine to a dead horse; fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation

好死不如賴活著 [好死不如赖活着] hao3 si3 bu4 ru2 lai4 huo2 zhe5
: Better a bad life than a good death

活到老，學到老 [活到老，学到老] huo2 dao4 lao3 , xue2 dao4 lao3
: One is never too old to learn

飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙 [饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙] fan4 hou4 yi1 zhi1 yan1 , sai4 guo4 huo2 shen2 xian1
: have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)

飯後百步走，活到九十九 [饭后百步走，活到九十九] fan4 hou4 bai3 bu4 zou3 , huo2 dao4 jiu3 shi2 jiu3
: walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life