過日子

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	date; day; time
trad. (過日子)		過	日子
simp. (过日子)		过	日子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guò rìzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄖˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ jat⁶ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòe-ji̍t-chí / kè-ji̍t-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guò rìzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄖˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guò rìhzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴ jih⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gwò r̀-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guoh ryh.tzy
    • Palladius: го жицзы (go žiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ jat⁶ zi²
    • Yale: gwo yaht jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ jat⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ yed⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ jɐt̚² t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-ji̍t-chí / kè-ji̍t-chí
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-ji̍t-tsí / kè-ji̍t-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeajidcie, keajidcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/, /ke²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ d͡zit̚²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/, /ke⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ d͡zit̚²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/, /ke²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹⁻⁵³ d͡zit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/, /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ d͡zit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ zit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/, /ke²¹⁻⁴¹ zit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/

Verb

過⫽日子 (verb-object)

1. to live one's life; to eke out an existence; to pass the day; to get along; to pass one's days
2. to live economically

   會過日子／会过日子  ―  huì guòrìzi  ―  to know how to lead a frugal life

Synonyms

• (to live one's life):

• 度日 (dùrì)
• 活命 (huómìng)
• 生活 (shēnghuó)
• 過日／过日 (Hokkien)
• 過活／过活 (guòhuó)