Chinese symbol for “vivid”
生动
shēng dòng
Traditional: 生動
(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vivid is 生动 (shēng dòng), defined as: (of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vivid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真切 | zhēn qiè | vivid; distinct |
| 鲜活 (鮮活) | xiān huó | vivid; lively; (of food ingredients) live or fresh |
| 传神 (傳神) | chuán shén | vivid; lifelike |
| 形象 | xíng xiàng | image; form |
| 栩栩 | xǔ xǔ | vivid |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 生动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 生产 (生產) | shēng chǎn | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child |
| 产生 (產生) | chǎn shēng | to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vivid”.
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