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
Noun
活兒
- (Mandarin) Erhua form of 活 (huó).
- 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.]
- 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!
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.]
- (informal) sexual intercourse
- 中國的直男真的有點bug……他們活兒真的不很好。 [MSC, trad.]
- 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.
中国的直男真的有点bug……他们活儿真的不很好。 [MSC, simp.]
- job; task
Synonyms
- (task): (dialectal) 生活 (shēnghuó)
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