# 快活
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuàihuo
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faai$^3$ wut$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): kuai$^3$ uot
* Northern Min (KCR): ka̿u-uòi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kue$^4$ uah$^7$ / kue$^4$ uoh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khùiⁿ-oa̍h / khòaⁿ-oa̍h / khoài-hoa̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kuan$^3$ uah$^8$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$khua-weq$_8$; $^5$kha-weq$_8$ / $^5$khau-veq$_8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuàihuo
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuàihuo̊
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuai$^4$-huo$^5$
*** Yale: kwài-hwo
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay.huo
*** Palladius: куайхо (kuajxo)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faai$^3$ wut$^6$
*** Yale: faai wuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faai$^3$ wut$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fai$^3$ wud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːi̯³³ wuːt̚²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: kuai$^3$ uot
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuai²¹³⁻²¹ uɵt̚¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ka̿u-uòi
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰau³³ uɛ⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kue$^4$ uah$^7$ [Phonetic: kue$^1$ uah$^7$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ko̍i-ua̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuei⁴²⁻⁵⁵ uaʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kue$^4$ uoh$^7$ [Phonetic: kue$^1$ uoh$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuei⁴²⁻⁵⁵ uoʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùiⁿ-oa̍h
*** Tâi-lô: khuìnn-ua̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qvuie'oah
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ uaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuĩ²¹⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰuĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰuĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ uaʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /kʰuĩ²¹⁻⁴² uaʔ⁴³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-oa̍h
*** Tâi-lô: khuànn-ua̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qvoaroah
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ uaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ uaʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ uaʔ¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoài-hoa̍t
*** Tâi-lô: khuài-hua̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoae'hoat
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuai²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚¹²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kuan$^3$ uah$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuàⁿ ua̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ uaʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$khua-weq$_8$; $^5$kha-weq$_8$
*** MiniDict: khua$^去$ weh$^入$; kha$^去$ weh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$khua-hhueq$_5$; $^2$kha-hhueq$_5$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰua³³ ɦuəʔ⁴⁴/, /kʰa³³ ɦuəʔ⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Songjiang)
*** Wugniu: $^5$khau-veq$_8$
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /kʰɔ³⁵ βəʔ³¹/
* $^5$kha-weq$_8$ - vernacular reading;
* $^5$khau-veq$_8$ - vernacular reading.

### Adjective

快活
* cheerful; happy; merry
    From: 2004, 詹雅雯 (lyrics and music), 想厝的人, performed by 詹雅雯
    pē-bú chhau-hoân ài-jîn chhian-kòa, chit khoán ji̍t-chí éng-oán bōe khùiⁿ-oa̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The parents are worried, and the lover is concerned; this kind of life is never happy.
* (Southern Min) comfortable; relaxing

#### Synonyms

* (cheerful):
* 和樂 / 和乐 (hélè) (happy and harmonious)
* 喜悅 / 喜悦 (xǐyuè) (formal)
* 喜樂 / 喜乐 (xǐlè)
* 喜歡 / 喜欢
* 喜滋滋 (xǐzīzī)
* 喜躍 / 喜跃 (xǐyuè) (formal)
* 夷悅 / 夷悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
* 夷愉 (yíyú) (literary, happy and harmonious)
* 安樂 / 安乐 (ānlè) (peaceful and happy)
* 康樂 / 康乐 (kānglè) (literary, peaceful and happy)
* 忻悅 / 忻悦 (xīnyuè) (literary)
* 快意 (kuàiyì)
* 快樂 / 快乐 (kuàilè)
* 怡悅 / 怡悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
* 悅意 / 悦意 (yuèyì)
* 悅懌 / 悦怿 (yuèyì) (literary)
* 愉快
* 愉悅 / 愉悦 (yúyuè)
* 暢快 / 畅快 (chàngkuài)
* 樂滋滋 / 乐滋滋 (lèzīzī)
* 欣喜 (xīnxǐ)
* 欣忭 (xīnbiàn) (literary)
* 欣悅 / 欣悦 (xīnyuè)
* 歡喜 / 欢喜 (huānxǐ)
* 歡娛 / 欢娱 (huānyú) (literary)
* 歡快 / 欢快 (huānkuài)
* 歡悅 / 欢悦 (huānyuè) (literary)
* 歡愉 / 欢愉 (huānyú) (literary)
* 歡暢 / 欢畅 (huānchàng)
* 歡樂 / 欢乐 (huānlè)
* 歡躍 / 欢跃 (huānyuè) (formal)
* 爽 (shuǎng)
* 爽神 (shuǎngshén) (literary or Southern Min)
* 痛快 (tòngkuài)
* 舒暢 / 舒畅 (shūchàng)
* 開心 / 开心 (kāixīn)
* 高興 / 高兴 (gāoxìng)
* (comfortable):
* 享受 (xiǎngshòu)
* 停當 / 停当 (tíngdàng) (literary)
* 好受 (hǎoshòu)
* 安怡 (ānyí) (literary)
* 安逸 (ānyì)
* 安適 / 安适 (ānshì)
* 安閒 / 安闲 (ānxián)
* 寫意 / 写意 (xièyì) (dialectal)
* 得勁 / 得劲 (déjìn) (chiefly Zhongyuan Mandarin, Jilu Mandarin)
* 恬逸 (tiányì) (literary)
* 敞快 (chǎngkuai)
* 是味 (shìwèi)
* 滋潤 / 滋润 (zīrùn) (colloquial)
* 爽快 (shuǎngkuài)
* 爽適 / 爽适 (sōng-sék) (Eastern Min)
* 自在 (zìzai)
* 舒坦
* 舒心 (shūxīn)
* 舒服
* 舒適 / 舒适 (shūshì)
* 逍遙 / 逍遥 (xiāoyáo)
* 適意 / 适意 (shìyì)

#### Derived terms

* 快活神

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “快活”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 323.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 快 | 活 |
| かい Grade: 5 | かつ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Adjective

快(かい)活(かつ) • (kaikatsu) -na (adnominal 快(かい)活(かつ)な (kaikatsu na), adverbial 快(かい)活(かつ)に (kaikatsu ni))
* cheerful, lively, lighthearted

#### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | 快活だろ | かいかつだろ | kaikatsu daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 快活で | かいかつで | kaikatsu de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 快活だ | かいかつだ | kaikatsu da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 快活な | かいかつな | kaikatsu na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 快活なら | かいかつなら | kaikatsu nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 快活であれ | かいかつであれ | kaikatsu de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | 快活ではない 快活じゃない | かいかつではない かいかつじゃない | kaikatsu de wa nai kaikatsu ja nai |
| Informal past | 快活だった | かいかつだった | kaikatsu datta |
| Informal negative past | 快活ではなかった 快活じゃなかった | かいかつではなかった かいかつじゃなかった | kaikatsu de wa nakatta kaikatsu ja nakatta |
| Formal | 快活です | かいかつです | kaikatsu desu |
| Formal negative | 快活ではありません 快活じゃありません | かいかつではありません かいかつじゃありません | kaikatsu de wa arimasen kaikatsu ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 快活でした | かいかつでした | kaikatsu deshita |
| Formal negative past | 快活ではありませんでした 快活じゃありませんでした | かいかつではありませんでした かいかつじゃありませんでした | kaikatsu de wa arimasen deshita kaikatsu ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 快活で | かいかつで | kaikatsu de |
| Conditional | 快活なら（ば） | かいかつなら（ば） | kaikatsu nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 快活だったら | かいかつだったら | kaikatsu dattara |
| Volitional | 快活だろう | かいかつだろう | kaikatsu darō |
| Adverbial | 快活に | かいかつに | kaikatsu ni |
| Degree | 快活さ | かいかつさ | kaikatsusa |

#### Synonyms

* 朗(ほが)ら (hogara)

### Noun

快(かい)活(かつ) • (kaikatsu) (uncountable)
* cheerfulness, liveliness

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 快 | 活 |

### Noun

快活 • (kwaehwal) (hangeul 쾌활)
* hanja form of 쾌활 (“This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.”)