食家己

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	self; oneself
trad. (食家己)		食	家己
simp. #(食家己)		食	家己

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-ka-kī / chia̍h-kǎi-kī / chia̍h-ka-tī

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-ka-kī
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-ka-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqka'ki
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² ki²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ki³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kǎi-kī
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kǎi-kī
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kai²² ki⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-ka-tī
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-ka-tī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqka'di
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² ti²²/

Verb

食家己

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to provide for one's own expenses and food
2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, euphemistic) to lose one's job; to be out of work

Synonyms

• (to be unemployed): 失業／失业 (shīyè)