活儿 meaning in English

huór

work; (lots of) things to do

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 活兒11 strokes

Meaning of 活儿

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huór
  1. work
  2. (lots of) things to do

活儿 in example sentences

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

他tā昨zuó天tiān干gān了le一yī天tiān活huó儿er。
He worked all day yesterday.
他tā把bǎ那nà么me难nán做zuò的de活huó儿er丢diū给gěi我wǒ。
He foisted a bunch of hard work on me.
他tā一yī干gān完wán活huó儿er就jiù回huí了le家jiā。
As soon as he finished his work, he went home.
等děng我wǒ做zuò完wán那nà活huó儿er就jiù帮bāng你nǐ。
As soon as I've finished doing that, I'll help you.
这zhè活huó儿er我wǒ干gàn了le一yī辈bèi子zi。
I've done this all my life.

Stroke order for each character

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

活 huó · to live · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

儿 ér · son · 2 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2

Related words

Words that share a character with 活儿.

这儿zhèrhere
儿子érzison
哪儿nǎrwhere?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere
女儿nǚ'érdaughter
那儿nàrthere
一会儿yīhuìra moment; a while
没事儿méishìrto have spare time; free from work
一点儿yīdiǎnrerhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3]
女孩儿nǚháirerhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2]
一块儿yīkuàirerhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]
玩儿wánrto play; to have fun
小孩儿xiǎoháirerhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]

Questions about 活儿

What does 活儿 mean?

活儿 (huór) means "work; (lots of) things to do" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 活儿?

活儿 is made of 2 characters: 活 (9 strokes), 儿 (2 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 活儿 an HSK word?

Yes. 活儿 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 活儿 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 活儿 is written 活兒.