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过活 meaning in English

guòhuó

to live one's life; to make a living

Traditional 過活15 strokes

Meaning of 过活

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guòhuó
  1. to live one's life
  2. to make a living

过活 in example sentences

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

我wǒ不bù知zhī道dào汤tāng姆mǔ做zuò什shén么me过guò活huó。
I don't know what Tom does for a living.
靠kào你nǐ的de收shōu入rù你nǐ不bù能néng过guò活huó吗ma?
Can't you get by on your salary?
丈zhàng夫fū死sǐ后hòu她tā一yí个gè人rén过guò活huó。
She lived alone after her husband died.
我wǒ从cóng没méi吃chī过guò活huó的de章zhāng鱼yú。
I've never eaten a live octopus.
要yào在zài一yí个gè像xiàng东dōng京jīng一yī样yàng的de大dà都dū市shì里lǐ过guò活huó，不bù借jiè钱qián是shì很hěn困kùn难nán的de。
It's really difficult to survive in a big city like Tokyo without going into debt.

Stroke order for each character

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

过 guò · to cross · 6 strokes

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活 huó · to live · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 过活.

不过bùguòonly; merely
过来guòláito come over; to manage
生活shēnghuóto live; life
过去guòqù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
通过tōngguòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
经过jīngguòto pass; to go through
超过chāoguòto surpass; to exceed
活动huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
难过nánguòto feel sad; to feel unwell
见过jiànguo
走过zǒuguòto walk past; to pass by
过年guòniánto celebrate the Chinese New Year

Questions about 过活

What does 过活 mean?

过活 (guòhuó) means "to live one's life; to make a living".

How do you write 过活?

过活 is made of 2 characters: 过 (6 strokes), 活 (9 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 过活 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 过活 is written 過活.