度三頓

Chinese

		capacity; degree; standard	three	a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)
trad. (度三頓)		度	三	頓
simp. (度三顿)		度	三	顿

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-saⁿ-tǹg / tō͘-saⁿ-tùiⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-saⁿ-tǹg
    • Tâi-lô: tōo-sann-tǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxsva'dngx
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-saⁿ-tùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tōo-sann-tuìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxsva'dvuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² tuĩ²¹/

Verb

度三頓

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty; to eke out a livelihood

Synonyms

• 尋食／寻食 (Hakka)
• 就食 (jiùshí) (literary)
• 度喙飽／度喙饱 (Hokkien, with difficulty)
• 度食 (Hokkien)
• 搵食／揾食 (wan² sik⁶) (Cantonese)
• 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)