| 1 | 活动 | 活動 | huó dòng | huo2 dong4 | to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior; Classifiers: 项 | | |
| 2 | 活 | 活 | huó | huo2 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | | |
| 3 | 活泼 | 活潑 | huó po | huo2 po5 | lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive | | |
| 4 | 活跃 | 活躍 | huó yuè | huo2 yue4 | active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up | | |
| 5 | 活力 | 活力 | huó lì | huo2 li4 | energy; vitality; vigor; vital force | | |
| 6 | 活性 | 活性 | huó xìng | huo2 xing4 | (chemistry) activity; active; activated | | |
| 7 | 活儿 | 活兒 | huó r | huo2 r5 | work; (lots of) things to do | | |
| 8 | 活生生 | 活生生 | huó shēng shēng | huo2 sheng1 sheng1 | real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive) | | |
| 9 | 活塞 | 活塞 | huó sāi | huo2 sai1 | piston; valve | | |
| 10 | 活活 | 活活 | huó huó | huo2 huo2 | while still alive; simply; totally | | |
| 11 | 活路 | 活路 | huó lu | huo2 lu5 | labor; physical work | | |
| 12 | 活路 | 活路 | huó lù | huo2 lu4 | through road; way out; way to survive; means of subsistence | | |
| 13 | 活人 | 活人 | huó rén | huo2 ren2 | living person | | |
| 14 | 活存 | 活存 | huó cún | huo2 cun2 | demand deposit (abbr. for 活期存款 ) | | |
| 15 | 活尸 | 活屍 | huó shī | huo2 shi1 | zombie | | |
| 16 | 活人让尿憋死 | 活人讓尿憋死 | huó rén ràng niào biē sǐ | huo2 ren2 rang4 niao4 bie1 si3 | lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom); fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking | | |
| 17 | 活动量 | 活動量 | huó dòng liáng | huo2 dong4 liang2 | Activity level | | |
| 18 | 活动能力 | 活動能力 | huó dòng néng lì | huo2 dong4 neng2 li4 | mobility; motility | | |
| 19 | 活动曲尺 | 活動曲尺 | huó dòng qū chǐ | huo2 dong4 qu1 chi3 | sliding bevel (to measure angles) | | |
| 20 | 活到老学到老 | 活到老學到老 | huó dào lǎo xué dào lǎo | huo2 dao4 lao3 xue2 dao4 lao3 | (proverb) never too old to learn | | |
| 21 | 活罪 | 活罪 | huó zuì | huo2 zui4 | suffering; hardship; living hell | | |
| 22 | 活到老,学到老 | 活到老,學到老 | huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo | huo2 dao4 lao3 , xue2 dao4 lao3 | One is never too old to learn. (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 活茬 | 活茬 | huó chá | huo2 cha2 | farm work | | |
| 24 | 活宝 | 活寶 | huó bǎo | huo2 bao3 | buffoon; clown; ridiculous person | | |
| 25 | 活瓣 | 活瓣 | huó bàn | huo2 ban4 | valve | | |