趁食
Chinese
| avail oneself of; take advantage of | eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (趁食) | 趁 | 食 | |
| simp. #(趁食) | 趁 | 食 | |
| alternative forms | 賺食／赚食 趁吃 賺噍／赚噍 | ||
Pronunciation
Verb
趁食
- (Min) to earn a living
- (Southern Min, euphemistic) to make a living by prostituting oneself
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to grab or acquire through improper means
Synonyms
- (to earn 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)
- 賺食／赚食 (Hakka, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 過活／过活 (guòhuó)
- (to prostitute oneself)
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