尋食

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (尋食)		尋	食
simp. (寻食)		寻	食

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhìm-sṳ̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qim² sed⁶

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìm-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: qimˇ siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qim² sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qim² sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹ sət̚⁵/

Verb

尋食

1. (Hakka) to make a living

Synonyms

• 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)
• 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)