賺食

Chinese

		cheat; swindle; earn cheat; swindle; earn; make a profit	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (賺食)		賺	食
simp. (赚食)		赚	食

Pronunciation

Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhon-sṳ̍t
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choán-chia̍h

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhon-sṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: con siid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: con⁴ sid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰon⁵⁵ sɨt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choán-chia̍h
  - Tâi-lô: tsuán-tsia̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoafnciah
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siaʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/

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

(to make a living):

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

賺食嫲／赚食嫲

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