搵食

See also: 揾食

Chinese

		press with finger; wipe	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (搵食)		搵	食
simp. (揾食)		揾	食

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wan² sik⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vun² set⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan² sik⁶
  - Yale: wán sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan² sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen² xig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn³⁵ sɪk̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vun² set⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vun⁵⁵ set̚³²/

Verb

搵食

(Cantonese) to make a living
揸筆搵食／揸笔揾食 [Cantonese] ― zaa¹ bat¹ wan² sik⁶ [Jyutping] ― to earn a living from writing

依家搵食艱難呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
依家揾食艰难呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]
ji¹ gaa¹ wan² sik⁶ gaan¹ naan⁴ aa³! [Jyutping]
It's hard to make a living now!

Synonyms

尋食／寻食 (Hakka)
就食 (jiùshí) (literary)
度三頓／度三顿 (Xiamen Hokkien, with difficulty, Zhangzhou Hokkien, with difficulty)
度喙飽／度喙饱 (Hokkien, with difficulty)
度食 (Hokkien)
混飯吃／混饭吃 (hùnfànchī) (colloquial)
營生／营生 (yíngshēng)
糊口 (húkǒu)
糊嘴 (húzuǐ) (dated)
討生活／讨生活 (tǎoshēnghuó)
討食／讨食
謀生／谋生 (móushēng)
賺食／赚食 (Hakka, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
趁食 (Min)
過活／过活 (guòhuó)

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