過活

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

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guòhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohhwo
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: guòhuór
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohhwol
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xwɔɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ wut⁶
    • Yale: gwo wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ wud⁶
    • 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): 度日 (dùrì), 過日子／过日子 (guòrìzi)
• (to make a living):

edit

度三頓／度三顿 (Min Nan) 度喙飽／度喙饱 (Min Nan) 度食 (Min Nan) 混飯吃／混饭吃 (hùnfànchī) (colloquial)

營生／营生 (yíngshēng) 糊口 (húkǒu) 糊嘴 (húzuǐ) (dated) 謀生／谋生 (móushēng)