謀生

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See also: 谋生

Chinese

		to plan; seek; scheme	livelihood
trad. (謀生)		謀	生
simp. (谋生)		谋	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): móushēng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁴ sang¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mèu-sên

(Hailu, HRS): meu sen^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biô-sng / bô͘-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: móushēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: móusheng
  - Wade–Giles: mou²-shêng¹
  - Yale: móu-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mousheng
  - Palladius: моушэн (moušɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mau⁴ sang¹
  - Yale: màuh sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁴ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: meo⁴ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mèu-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: meu^ˇ sen^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: meu² sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /meu̯¹¹ sen²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: meu sen^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /meu⁵⁵ sen⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biô-sng
  - Tâi-lô: biô-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bioisngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bio²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-seng
  - Tâi-lô: bôo-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bosefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

謀生

to make a living; to seek a livelihood

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)
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
賺食 / 赚食 (Hakka, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
趁食 (Min)
過活 / 过活 (guòhuó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (謀生):

→ Vietnamese: mưu sinh (謀生)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
謀	生

Verb

謀生

chữ Hán form of mưu sinh (“to make a living; to seek a livelihood”).

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