溫飽

Chinese

		(luke)warm; to review	to eat till full; satisfied
trad. (溫飽/温飽)		溫/温	飽
simp. (温饱)		温	饱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēnbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan¹ baau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-pá / un-páu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēnbǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wunbǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wên¹-pao³
    • Yale: wēn-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uenbao
    • Palladius: вэньбао (vɛnʹbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan¹ baau²
    • Yale: wān báau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹ baau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen¹ bao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵ paːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-pá
    • Tâi-lô: un-pá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unpar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ pa⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /un⁴⁴⁻²² pa⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-páu
    • Tâi-lô: un-páu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unpao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /un⁴⁴⁻²² pau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ pau⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

溫飽

1. to dress warmly and eat one's fill; to have adequate food and clothing

Noun

溫飽

1. state of having enough to eat and wear; adequate food and clothing
2. (figurative) basic needs for living

   很多工人都是終日勞作卻不得溫飽。 [MSC, trad.]
   很多工人都是终日劳作却不得温饱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hěn duō gōngrén dōu shì zhōngrì láozuò què bùdé wēnbǎo. [Pinyin]

   Many workers work all day without being able to meet their basic needs for living.

Synonyms

• (basic needs for living):

• 吃穿 (chīchuān) (figurative)
• 物質生活的基本條件／物质生活的基本条件 (wùzhì shēnghuó de jīběn tiáojiàn)
• 生熟 (shēngshú) (literary, figurative)
• 衣食住行 (yīshízhùxíng)
• 食穿 (Hokkien)
• 食穿用 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 溫飽線／温饱线