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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: guòhuó
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guòhuó
- Wade–Giles: kuo4-huo2
- Yale: gwò-hwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohhwo
- Palladius: гохо (goxo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: guòhuór
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guòhuór
- Wade–Giles: kuo4-huo2-ʼrh
- Yale: gwò-hwór
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohhwol
- Palladius: гохор (goxor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwo3 wut6
- Yale: gwo wuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwo3 wut9
- Guangdong Romanization: guo3 wud6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɔː³³ wuːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
過活
- to live one's life; to eke out an existence; to pass the day; to get along; to pass one's days
- to make a living
Synonyms
- (to live one's life):
- (to make a living):
- 做食 (Puxian Min)
- 尋食 / 寻食 (Hakka)
- 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)