度三頓

Chinese

		capacity; degree; standard	three	a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)
trad. (度三頓)		度	三	頓
simp. (度三顿)		度	三	顿

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-saⁿ-tǹg / tō͘-saⁿ-tùiⁿ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-saⁿ-tǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-sann-tǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxsva'dngx
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-saⁿ-tùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-sann-tuìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxsva'dvuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² tuĩ²¹/

Verb

度三頓

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty; to eke out a livelihood

Synonyms

尋食／寻食 (Hakka)
就食 (jiùshí) (literary)
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)
賺食／赚食 (Hakka, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
趁食 (Min)
過活／过活 (guòhuó)

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