Active in Chinese
active · HSK 4
积极
- 积 to accumulate
- 极 extremely
他上课回答问题很积极。 He's very active in answering questions in class.
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How do you say active in Chinese?
Active in Chinese is 积极 (jī jí). You can also say 主动 (zhǔ dòng), 活跃 (huó yuè).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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