活兒

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See also: 活儿

Chinese

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to live; alive; living
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
 
son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (活兒)
simp. (活儿)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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活兒

  1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of (huó).
    1. job; task
      大半天活兒不停空兒會兒 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
      大半天活儿不停空儿会儿 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
      Wǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr! [Pinyin]
      I was busy all day, and the work just keeps coming; I finally could get hold of some time to rest a little!
    2. (informal) sexual intercourse

Synonyms

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  • (task): (dialectal) 生活 (shēnghuó)

Derived terms

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