活

to live / alive / living / work / workmanship

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

tongue

to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth

lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist

to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2]

to save life / to rescue / the whole business with all its processes

charity event / public service activities

reactivation hypothesis

LOHAS (lifestyles of health and sustainability)

to support one's family (idiom)

sports / sporting activity

to act recklessly (idiom)

erhua variant of 做活[zuo4 huo2]

to work / to do manual labor