干活 meaning in English

gànhuó

to work; to be employed

Traditional 幹活12 strokes

Meaning of 干活

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gànhuó
  1. to work; to be employed

干活 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

干gàn活huó吧ba。
Let's get to work.
你nǐ干gàn活huó干gàn得de不bù比bǐ我wǒ少shǎo。
You don't work less than me.
干gàn活huó慢màn点diǎn。
Work slowly.
我wǒ发fā现xiàn他tā在zài花huā园yuán里lǐ干gàn活huó。
I found him working in the garden.
汤tāng姆mǔ给gěi一yī家jiā美měi国guó公gōng司sī干gàn活huó。
Tom works for an American company.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

干 gān · dry · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

活 huó · to live · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 干活.

干什么gàn shénmewhat are you doing?; what's he up to?
干净gānjìngclean; neat
生活shēnghuóto live; life
活动huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
干杯gānbēito drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast)
干活儿gànhuórerhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]
干吗gànmávariant of 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]
能干nénggàncapable; competent
饼干bǐnggānbiscuit; cracker; cookie
干脆gāncuìcandid; direct and to the point
干扰gānrǎoto disturb; to interfere
活力huólìenergy; vitality

Questions about 干活

What does 干活 mean?

干活 (gànhuó) means "to work; to be employed".

How do you write 干活?

干活 is made of 2 characters: 干 (3 strokes), 活 (9 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

How is 干活 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 干活 is written 幹活.