尋食

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (尋食)		尋	食
simp. (寻食)		寻	食

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhìm-sṳ̍t

(Meixian, Guangdong): qim² sed⁶

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìm-sṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: qim^ˇ siid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qim² sid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: qim² sed⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰim¹¹ sət̚⁵/

Verb

尋食

(Hakka) to make a living

Synonyms

做食 (Puxian Min)
就食 (jiùshí) (literary)
度三頓 / 度三顿 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, with difficulty)
度喙飽 / 度喙饱 (Hokkien, with difficulty)
度食 (Hokkien)
搵食 / 揾食 (wan² sik⁶) (Cantonese)
混飯吃 / 混饭吃 (hùnfànchī) (colloquial)
營生 / 营生 (yíngshēng)
糊口 (húkǒu)
糊嘴 (húzuǐ) (dated)
討生活 / 讨生活 (tǎoshēnghuó)
討食 / 讨食
謀生 / 谋生 (móushēng)
賺食 / 赚食 (Hakka, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
趁食 (Min)
過活 / 过活 (guòhuó)