謀生

See also: 谋生

Chinese

		to plan; seek; scheme	livelihood
trad. (謀生)		謀	生
simp. (谋生)		谋	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móushēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄡˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁴ sang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mèu-sên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biô-sng / bô͘-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móushēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄡˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móusheng
    • Wade–Giles: mou²-shêng¹
    • Yale: móu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mousheng
    • Palladius: моушэн (moušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mau⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: màuh sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mèu-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: meu^ˇ sen^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: meu² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /meu̯¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biô-sng
    • Tâi-lô: biô-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioisngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bio²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘-seng
    • Tâi-lô: bôo-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bosefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

謀生

1. to make a living; to seek a livelihood

Synonyms

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• 做食 (Puxian Min)
• 尋食／寻食 (Hakka)
• 就食 (jiùshí) (literary)
• 度三頓／度三顿 (Xiamen Hokkien, with difficulty, 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
• 賺食／赚食 (Hakka, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 趁食 (Min)
• 過活／过活 (guòhuó)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (謀生):

• → Vietnamese: mưu sinh (謀生)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
謀	生

Verb

謀生

1. chữ Hán form of mưu sinh (“to make a living; to seek a livelihood”).