養家糊口

Chinese

		to support one's family	to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty; to eke out a livelihood
trad. (養家糊口)		養家	糊口
simp. (养家糊口)		养家	糊口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎngjiāhúkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄏㄨˊ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ gaa¹ wu⁴ hau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngjiāhúkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄚㄏㄨˊ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngjiahúkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: yang³-chia¹-hu²-kʻou³
  - Yale: yǎng-jyā-hú-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangjiahwukoou
  - Palladius: янцзяхукоу (janczjaxukou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ xu³⁵⁻⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁵ gaa¹ wu⁴ hau²
  - Yale: yéuhng gā wùh háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ gaa¹ wu⁴ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ ga¹ wu⁴ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ kaː⁵⁵ wuː²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

養家糊口

to support one's family (often with the meaning of to barely manage to do so with one's meagre income)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.