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title: "Fuhuo Meaning: 复活 (to come back to life) or 俘获 (to capture)?"
description: "复活 (traditional 復活, fùhuó) means “to come back to life; to revive; resurrection”. Not the fuhuo you heard? See 俘获. Hear its tones, see what 复 and 活 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fuhuo"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 复活 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

复活 fùhuó

## to come back to life; to revive; resurrection

## It can also mean

- (gaming) to respawn

## Its characters

1. 复 fù to reply
2. 活 huó to live

## In a sentence

春天来了，草木都复活了。 Spring has come, and the plants have come back to life.

[More about 复活](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%8D%E6%B4%BB)

## Other words said fuhuo

- [俘获fúhuòto capture](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BF%98%E8%8E%B7)

## More words with 复 or 活

- [报复 bàofù](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baofu)
- [重复 chóngfù](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chongfu)
- [存活 cúnhuó](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/cunhuo)
- [反复 fǎnfù](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fanfu)
- [复查 fùchá](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fucha)
- [复发 fùfā](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fufa)
- [复苏 fùsū](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fusu)
- [复习 fùxí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fuxi)
- [复兴 fùxīng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fuxing)
- [复杂 fùzá](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fuza)

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