就食

Chinese

		at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (就食)		就	食
simp. #(就食)		就	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiùshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiu-sṳ̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiùshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòushíh
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-shih²
    • Yale: jyòu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowshyr
    • Palladius: цзюши (czjuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 就食 舊時／旧时

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiu-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiu siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiu⁴ sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯u⁵⁵ sɨt̚⁵/

Verb

就食

1. (literary) to go elsewhere to eat
2. (literary) to look for employment elsewhere

Synonyms

• (to look for employment elsewhere):

• 尋食／寻食 (Hakka)
• 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
• 謀生／谋生 (móushēng)
• 賺食／赚食 (Hakka, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 趁食 (Min)
• 過活／过活 (guòhuó)