尋頭路

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	clue; way of doing something
trad. (尋頭路)		尋	頭路
simp. (寻头路)		寻	头路

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhìm-thèu-lu

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìm-thèu-lu
    • Hakka Romanization System: qimˇ teuˇ lu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qim² teu² lu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ lu⁵⁵/

Verb

尋頭路

1. (Hakka) to look for a job; to seek employment

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 求職 (“to look for a job; to seek employment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		求職, 謀職, 覓職, 找工作
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	找工作
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搵工, 搵嘢做, 搵頭路
	Hong Kong	搵工, 搵嘢做
Hakka	Meixian	尋工
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尋頭路
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尋頭路
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尋頭路
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尋頭路
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尋頭路
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尋頭路
Southern Min	Xiamen	揣頭路, 覓頭路
	Quanzhou	揣頭路
	Zhangzhou	揣頭路
	Tainan	揣頭路, 覓頭路, 允穡頭, 允頭路 GT
Wu	Shanghai	尋生意
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)