賺食

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
• Min Nan (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/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choán-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsuán-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafnciah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiaʔ⁴/

Verb

賺食

1. (Hakka, Min Nan) to make a living; to earn a living; to seek a livelihood
2. (Hakka) to eat without paying; to eat for free
3. (Min Nan) 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):

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Synonyms of 賺食

就食 (jiùshí) (literary) 度食 (Min Nan) 糊口 (húkǒu) 糊嘴 (húzuǐ) (dated) 趁食 (Min) 尋食／寻食 (Hakka) 度三頓／度三顿 (Min Nan, with difficulty) 度喙飽／度喙饱 (Min Nan, with difficulty)

搵食／揾食 (Cantonese) 混飯吃／混饭吃 (hùnfànchī) (colloquial) 營生／营生 (yíngshēng) 討生活／讨生活 (tǎoshēnghuó) 討食／讨食 謀生／谋生 (móushēng) 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