活 huó
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
活该
huógāi
to serve someone right; to deserve it
Characters in this word
该 gāi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 亥 12th terrestrial branch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他屡次伪造数据，如今被撤稿处分，许多同行都说他活该。 Tā lǚcì wěizào shùjù, rújīn bèi chègǎo chǔfèn, xǔduō tóngháng dōu shuō tā huógāi. He repeatedly fabricated data, and now that he has been punished by having his paper retracted, many peers say he deserved it.
- 谁叫你不听我的话，淋雨感冒了也是活该。 Shéi jiào nǐ bù tīng wǒ de huà, lín yǔ gǎnmào le yě shì huógāi. Who told you not to listen to me? You caught a cold in the rain and it serves you right.
- 他总是迟到，这次错过了火车，真是活该。 Tā zǒngshì chídào, zhè cì cuòguò le huǒchē, zhēn shì huógāi. He is always late, and this time he missed the train; it really serves him right.
Related words
- 干活儿 gànhuór to work
- 活动 huódòng event; activity
- 生活 shēnghuó life; to live
- 活 huó alive; to live
- 活力 huólì energy
- 活泼 huópo lively
- 快活 kuàihuo happy; cheerful
- 活跃 huóyuè active, dynamic; to be active
- 存活 cúnhuó to survive; to remain alive
- 复活 fùhuó to revive; to resurrect; to bring back to life
- 活期 huóqī current; demand deposit
- 激活 jīhuó to activate; to stimulate