糊口

糊口

Chinese

		paste; cream; muddled paste; cream; muddled; scorched	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (糊口/餬口)		糊/餬	口
simp. (糊口)		糊	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: húkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwukoou
    • IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ hau²
    • Yale: wùh háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ heo²
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

糊口

1. to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty; to eke out a livelihood

Synonyms

• 糊嘴 (húzuǐ)
• 過活／过活 (guòhuó)
• 謀生／谋生 (móushēng)
• 營生／营生 (yíngshēng)
• (colloquial) 混飯吃／混饭吃 (hùnfànchī)
• (Min Nan) 度食, 度喙飽／度喙饱, 度三頓／度三顿

Derived terms

養家糊口／养家糊口