食家己

食家己

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	self; oneself
simp. and trad. (食家己)		食	家己

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h-ka-kī / chia̍h-kǎi-kī / chia̍h-ka-ti

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-ka-kī
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-ka-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqka'ki
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² ki²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ki³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-kǎi-kī
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-kǎi-kī
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² kai²² ki⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-ka-ti
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-ka-ti
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqka'dy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/

Verb

食家己

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) to provide for one's own expenses and food
2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, euphemistic) to lose one's job; to be out of work

Synonyms

• (to be unemployed): 失業／失业 (shīyè)