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

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• 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

1. (Hakka, Southern Min) to make a living; to earn a living; to seek a livelihood
2. (Hakka) to eat without paying; to eat for free
3. (Southern Min) to defraud; to cheat; to take unfair advantage (of someone)
4. (Mainland China Hokkien) to finish a task
5. (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