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

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• 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

1. (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)