粵

活wut6生saang1生saang1

wut6 saang1 saang1wut6 sang1 sang1huó shēng shēng

English

  1. real (people)
  2. living (artist)
  3. while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
  4. real; actual; in real life
  5. alive

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 真人;現實;唔係假、老作嘅
  2. 監生

Examples

  • 她是一部活生生的廚藝百科全書。

    She has an encyclopedic knowledge of cooking.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我從來沒有見過一條活生生的鯨魚。

    I've never seen a live whale.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 活生生嘅例子

    a real life example ----

  • 佢活生生俾人打死啊!

    He was beaten to death.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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