"搵食" meaning in Chinese

See 搵食 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /wɐn³⁵ sɪk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /vun⁵⁵ set̚³²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /wɐn³⁵ sɪk̚²/, /vun⁵⁵ set̚³²/ Chinese transliterations: wan² sik⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], vun² set⁵ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], wan² sik⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wán sihk [Cantonese, Yale], wan² sik⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wen² xig⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], vun² set⁵ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific] Forms: 揾食
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 搵食
  1. (Cantonese) to make a living Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-搵食-zh-verb-4qqheijC Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Cantonese terms with collocations, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 做食 [Puxian-Min], 尋食 [Hakka], 寻食 [Hakka], 就食 (jiùshí) [literary], 度三頓 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 度三顿 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 度喙飽 (english: with difficulty) [Hokkien], 度喙饱 (english: with difficulty) [Hokkien], 度食 [Hokkien], 混飯吃 (hùnfànchī) [colloquial], 混饭吃 (hùnfànchī) [colloquial], 營生 (yíngshēng), 营生 (yíngshēng), 糊口 (húkǒu), 糊嘴 (húzuǐ) [dated], 討生活 (tǎoshēnghuó), 讨生活 (tǎoshēnghuó), 討食, 讨食, 謀生 (móushēng), 谋生 (móushēng), 賺食 [Hakka, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 赚食 [Hakka, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 趁食 [Min], 過活 (guòhuó), 过活 (guòhuó)
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "揾食",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "搵食",
      "name": "zh-verb"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "揸筆搵食/揸笔揾食 [Cantonese] ― zaa¹ bat¹ wan² sik⁶ [Jyutping] ― to earn a living from writing"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's hard to make a living now!",
          "ref": "依家搵食艱難呀! [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "依家揾食艰难呀! [Cantonese, simp.]\nji¹ gaa¹ wan² sik⁶ gaan¹ naan⁴ aa³! [Jyutping]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make a living"
      ],
      "id": "en-搵食-zh-verb-4qqheijC",
      "links": [
        [
          "make a living",
          "make a living"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to make a living"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Puxian-Min"
          ],
          "word": "做食"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "尋食"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "寻食"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiùshí",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "就食"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "with difficulty"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen",
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "度三頓"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "with difficulty"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen",
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "度三顿"
        },
        {
          "english": "with difficulty",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "度喙飽"
        },
        {
          "english": "with difficulty",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "度喙饱"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "度食"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hùnfànchī",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "混飯吃"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hùnfànchī",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "混饭吃"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yíngshēng",
          "word": "營生"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yíngshēng",
          "word": "营生"
        },
        {
          "roman": "húkǒu",
          "word": "糊口"
        },
        {
          "roman": "húzuǐ",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "糊嘴"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tǎoshēnghuó",
          "word": "討生活"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tǎoshēnghuó",
          "word": "讨生活"
        },
        {
          "word": "討食"
        },
        {
          "word": "讨食"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móushēng",
          "word": "謀生"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móushēng",
          "word": "谋生"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen",
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "賺食"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen",
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "赚食"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "趁食"
        },
        {
          "roman": "guòhuó",
          "word": "過活"
        },
        {
          "roman": "guòhuó",
          "word": "过活"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan² sik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vun² set⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan² sik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wán sihk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan² sik⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen² xig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn³⁵ sɪk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vun² set⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vun⁵⁵ set̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn³⁵ sɪk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vun⁵⁵ set̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "搵食"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "揾食",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "搵食",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with collocations",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 搵",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 食",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Taishanese lemmas",
        "Taishanese verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "揸筆搵食/揸笔揾食 [Cantonese] ― zaa¹ bat¹ wan² sik⁶ [Jyutping] ― to earn a living from writing"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's hard to make a living now!",
          "ref": "依家搵食艱難呀! [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "依家揾食艰难呀! [Cantonese, simp.]\nji¹ gaa¹ wan² sik⁶ gaan¹ naan⁴ aa³! [Jyutping]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make a living"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make a living",
          "make a living"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to make a living"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan² sik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vun² set⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan² sik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wán sihk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan² sik⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen² xig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn³⁵ sɪk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vun² set⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vun⁵⁵ set̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn³⁵ sɪk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vun⁵⁵ set̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "做食"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "尋食"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "寻食"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiùshí",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "就食"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "with difficulty"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "度三頓"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "with difficulty"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "度三顿"
    },
    {
      "english": "with difficulty",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "度喙飽"
    },
    {
      "english": "with difficulty",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "度喙饱"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "度食"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hùnfànchī",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "混飯吃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hùnfànchī",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "混饭吃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yíngshēng",
      "word": "營生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yíngshēng",
      "word": "营生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "húkǒu",
      "word": "糊口"
    },
    {
      "roman": "húzuǐ",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "糊嘴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tǎoshēnghuó",
      "word": "討生活"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tǎoshēnghuó",
      "word": "讨生活"
    },
    {
      "word": "討食"
    },
    {
      "word": "讨食"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móushēng",
      "word": "謀生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móushēng",
      "word": "谋生"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "賺食"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "赚食"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "趁食"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guòhuó",
      "word": "過活"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guòhuó",
      "word": "过活"
    }
  ],
  "word": "搵食"
}

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