活动/活動 huódòng — activity, event

Meanings

1. 1

   activity, event

   活, alive, and 动, to move — an event is where things happen rather than sit still. It is the general word for anything organised: a school 活动, a company 活动, a holiday 活动, whatever the occasion actually is.

   noun
2. 2

   to move about, to exercise a little

   verb

   Doubled after sitting still too long, 活动活动 is what the body needs — a stretch, a stroll, nothing as deliberate as 运动, real exercise or sport.

Example sentences

• 下星期学校有一个活动，欢迎大家参加。/下星期學校有一個活動，歡迎大家參加。Xià (fourth tone, falling) xīngqī (first tone, high and level) xuéxiào (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) huódòng, (second tone, rising) huānyíng (first tone, high and level) dàjiā (fourth tone, falling) cānjiā. (first tone, high and level)···

  There’s an event at school next week — everyone is welcome to join.

• 在车上坐了很长时间，我们下来活动活动吧。/在車上坐了很長時間，我們下來活動活動吧。Zài (fourth tone, falling) chē (first tone, high and level) shang (neutral tone) zuòle (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) cháng (second tone, rising) shíjiān, (second tone, rising) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) xiàlái (fourth tone, falling) huódòng (second tone, rising) huódòng (second tone, rising) ba. (neutral tone)···

  We’ve been sitting in the car for a long time — let’s get out and move around a bit.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我们学校明天有运动，你要来吗？

  Correct我们学校明天有活动，你要来吗？

  运动 is physical exercise or sport specifically; 活动 is the broad word for any organised event — a party, a meeting, a festival. A school event that is not sport is 活动, not 运动.

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