活兒

See also: 活儿

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huór

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huór
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huór
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwol
    • Palladius: хор (xor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/

Noun

活兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 活 (huó).
   1. job; task

      我忙了大半天了，活兒就不停地來；可逮著了個空兒歇會兒！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
      我忙了大半天了，活儿就不停地来；可逮着了个空儿歇会儿！ [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

      • 中國的直男真的有點bug……他們活兒真的不很好。 [MSC, trad.]
        中国的直男真的有点bug……他们活儿真的不很好。 [MSC, simp.]

        From: 2019 December, 陈志舜 (Chen Zhishun), 《以身体叙事为视角跨性别者自我认同过程研究》 [Transgender Self-Identification Process Research: Body Narrative as Main Aspects] (thesis), Shanghai: East China University of Science and Technology, page 33

        Zhōngguó de zhínán zhēnde yǒudiǎn bug...... Tāmen huór zhēnde bù hěn hǎo. [Pinyin]

        Straight men in China have some sort of problem… they don't have good sex.

Synonyms

• (task): (dialectal) 生活 (shēnghuó)

Derived terms

• 幹活兒 / 干活儿 (gànhuór)
• 絕活兒 / 绝活儿 (juéhuór)
• 趕活兒 / 赶活儿 (gǎnhuór)
• 農活兒 / 农活儿 (nónghuór)
• 針線活兒 / 针线活儿 (zhēnxiànhuór)

 

See also

• (Hokkien, Teochew) 空課／空课