活着 meaning in English

huózhe

alive

Traditional 活著20 strokes

Meaning of 活着

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huózhe
  1. alive

活着 in example sentences

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

好hǎo希xī望wàng她tā还hái活huó着zhe。
I wish she were alive now.
我wǒ们men几jī乎hū不bù抱bào他tā还hái活huó着zhe的de希xī望wàng。
There is little, if any, hope of his being alive.
它tā还hái活huó着zhe吗ma?
Is it still alive?
她tā相xiāng信xìn自zì己jǐ的de儿ér子zi还hái活huó着zhe。
She believes her son is still alive.
我wǒ不bù知zhī道dào他tā活huó着zhe还hái是shì死sǐ了le。
I don't know whether he is dead or alive.

Stroke order for each character

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活 huó · to live · 9 strokes

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着 zhe · aspect particle indicating action in pr… · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 活着.

生活shēnghuóto live; life
接着jiēzheto catch and hold on; to continue
活动huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
干活儿gànhuórerhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]
睡着shuìzháoto fall asleep
着火zháohuǒto catch fire
着急zháojíto worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry
意味着yìwèizheto signify; to mean
随着suízhealong with; in the wake of
有着yǒuzheto have; to possess
用不着yòngbuzháonot need; have no use for
活力huólìenergy; vitality

Questions about 活着

What does 活着 mean?

活着 (huózhe) means "alive".

How do you write 活着?

活着 is made of 2 characters: 活 (9 strokes), 着 (11 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 活着 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 活着 is written 活著.