糊口

Chinese

		paste; cream; muddled paste; cream; muddled; scorched	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (糊口/餬口)		糊/餬	口
simp. (糊口)		糊	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): húkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ hau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: húkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwukoou
  - IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴ hau²
  - Yale: wùh háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ heo²
  - IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

糊口

to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty; to eke out a livelihood

Synonyms

糊嘴 (húzuǐ)
過活／过活 (guòhuó)
謀生／谋生 (móushēng)
營生／营生 (yíngshēng)
(colloquial) 混飯吃／混饭吃 (hùnfànchī)
(Min Nan) 度食, 度喙飽／度喙饱, 度三頓／度三顿

Derived terms

養家糊口／养家糊口

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