<p><code>還活著</code> is correct in meaning</p>

<p>But in most cases <code>仍(然)活著</code> is a better translation</p>

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2018-06-12T06:37:11.220Z
In the same spirit: 依然活着 and 依旧活着 are two alternatives.
Frenzy Li
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2018-06-07T19:43:14.653Z
2018-06-07T19:43:14.653Z
William Chong
<p>if I have to translate "still alive" can I write it like this 还活着 or are there better ways to say it? I have to use it as  a title of a poem, so it doesn't have a context or a phrase where it should be written in. It's just the simple poetic expression. </p>

<p>A friend of mine wrote it in "cursive" in the image down below, but I don't even know if the first kanji exists. Would you read 还活着? </p>

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2018-06-06T11:55:52.880Z
Yes, you can. "还"  = "still" ; "活着" = "alive"
Tang Ho
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2018-06-06T12:09:12.913Z
@Tang Ho, sorry I can't answer directly your comment... thank you for your reply :) what do you think about the image? Would you read it or you'd say that those kanji are quite invented?
user19820
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2018-06-06T12:19:41.467Z
还活着 is fine. Your friend writing is called  行书 or 草书. I can probably identify his writing.
dan
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2018-06-06T13:08:33.213Z
@dan thank you very much for your reply :)
new_user91
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2018-06-06T13:53:08.003Z
general method for answering this type of  Q: search web using ＂E text, 中文＂ or "C text, English＂
user6065
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2018-06-08T06:10:53.437Z
A nitpick: kanji is a Japanese word for Japanese characters, your question is about Chinese language (that phrase doesn't work in Japanese). Chinese characters are called hanzi. They do not all look the same, especially given you're using simplified Chinese. There is no kanji 还。
Vitaly Osipov
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Can I translate "still alive" as 还活着?
# Can I translate "still alive" as 还活着?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-06)

if I have to translate "still alive" can I write it like this 还活着 or are there better ways to say it? I have to use it as a title of a poem, so it doesn't have a context or a phrase where it should be written in. It's just the simple poetic expression.

A friend of mine wrote it in "cursive" in the image down below, but I don't even know if the first kanji exists. Would you read 还活着?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Uy2Ix.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Uy2Ix.png)

**Tags:** translation, character-identification, handwriting

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Yes, you can. "还"  = "still" ; "活着" = "alive"  
> **username_2**: @username_1, sorry I can't answer directly your comment... thank you for your reply :) what do you think about the image? Would you read it or you'd say that those kanji are quite invented?  
> **username_3**: 还活着 is fine. Your friend writing is called  行书 or 草书. I can probably identify his writing.  
> **username_0**: @username_3 thank you very much for your reply :)  
> **username_4**: general method for answering this type of  Q: search web using ＂E text, 中文＂ or "C text, English＂  
> **username_5**: A nitpick: kanji is a Japanese word for Japanese characters, your question is about Chinese language (that phrase doesn't work in Japanese). Chinese characters are called hanzi. They do not all look the same, especially given you're using simplified Chinese. There is no kanji 还。  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_6 on 2018-06-07. Score: 2

`還活著` is correct in meaning

But in most cases `仍(然)活著` is a better translation

> **Comments:**
> **username_7**: In the same spirit: 依然活着 and 依旧活着 are two alternatives.  

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