Definition

Examples

• 在事故中，只有他一个活人活了下来。
  Zài shìgù zhōng, zhǐyǒu tā yí gè huó rén huó le xiàlái.
  In the accident, only he, a living person, survived.
• 医生说他还有希望，因为他还是一个活人。
  Yīshēng shuō tā hái yǒu xīwàng, yīnwèi tā hái shì yí gè huó rén.
  The doctor said he still has hope because he is still a living person.
• 考古学家发现了一具两千年前的尸体，但现在已经不是活人了。
  Kǎogǔxuéjiā fāxiàn le yí jù liǎng qiān nián qián de shītǐ, dàn xiànzài yǐjīng bú shì huó rén le.
  Archaeologists discovered a two-thousand-year-old corpse, but it is no longer a living person.