趁食

Chinese

		avail oneself of; take advantage of	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (趁食)		趁	食
simp. #(趁食)		趁	食
alternative forms		賺食／赚食 趁吃 賺噍／赚噍

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): tíng-siăh^→siĕh
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàn-chia̍h

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tíng-siăh^→siĕh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)nieʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: thàn-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarnciah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siaʔ⁴/

Verb

趁食

1. (Min) to earn a living
2. (Southern Min) to make a living by prostituting oneself

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 趁食

1. (Eastern Min, historical) servant; maidservant