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搵食 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
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press with finger; wipe
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
| trad. (搵食)
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搵
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食
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| simp. (揾食)
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揾
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食
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Pronunciation
Verb
搵食
- (Cantonese) to make a living
- 揸筆搵食／揸笔揾食 [Cantonese] ― zaa1 bat1 wan2 sik6 ― 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!
- It's hard to make a living now!
Synonyms
- 做食 (Puxian Min)
- 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)