過活

See also: 过活

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (過活)		過	活
simp. (过活)		过	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòhuó
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-huo²
    • Yale: gwò-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohhwo
    • Palladius: гохо (goxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòhuór
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòhuór
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-huo²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwò-hwór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohhwol
    • Palladius: гохор (goxor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ wut⁶
    • Yale: gwo wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ wuːt̚²/

Verb

過活

1. to live one's life; to eke out an existence; to pass the day; to get along; to pass one's days
2. to make a living

Synonyms

• (to live one's life):

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• 度日 (dùrì)
• 活命 (huómìng)
• 生活 (shēnghuó)
• 過日／过日 (Hokkien)
• 過日子／过日子 (guò rìzi)

 

• (to make a living):

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• 做食 (Puxian Min)
• 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)
• 趁食 (Min)