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 ㄐㄧㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ gaa¹ wu⁴ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngjiāhúkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄏㄨˊ 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 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

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