Chinese

Definitions

主動

1. principal; primary
2. active

   你要變被動為主動，掌握主控權。 [MSC, trad.]

   你要变被动为主动，掌握主控权。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ yào biàn bèidòng wèi zhǔdòng, zhǎngwò zhǔkòngquán. [Pinyin]

   You must change passive into active, and take the initiative.

3. self-motivated, motivated, proactive, self-starting

   他是一個非常主動的人。 [MSC, trad.]

   他是一个非常主动的人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì yīge fēicháng zhǔdòng de rén. [Pinyin]

   He is a highly self-motivated person.

4. (gay sex) active
5. actively, voluntarily

   你應該主動去跟他解釋清楚。 [MSC, trad.]

   你应该主动去跟他解释清楚。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ yìnggāi zhǔdòng qù gēn tā jiěshì qīngchǔ. [Pinyin]

   You should actively go and explain things clearly to him.

6. to take the initiative to; to take it upon oneself to; to do something on one's own accord
7. initiative

   採取主動 / 采取主动  ―  cǎiqǔ zhǔdòng  ―  to take the initiative

Antonyms

• 被動／被动 (bèidòng, “passive”)

Derived terms