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賺食. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
賺食, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
賺食 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
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cheat; swindle; earn cheat; swindle; earn; make a profit |
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
| trad. (賺食)
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賺
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食
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| simp. (赚食)
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赚
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食
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Pronunciation
Verb
賺食
- (Hakka, Southern Min) to make a living; to earn a living; to seek a livelihood
- (Hakka) to eat without paying; to eat for free
- (Southern Min) to defraud; to cheat; to take unfair advantage (of someone)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to finish a task
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to beg
Synonyms
- 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
- 謀生／谋生 (móushēng)
- 趁食 (Min)
- 過活／过活 (guòhuó)
- (to eat without paying): 白吃 (báichī)
- (to beg): 乞討／乞讨 (qǐtǎo)
Derived terms