尋生意

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	business; trade; vitality
trad. (尋生意)		尋	生意
simp. (寻生意)		寻	生意

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zhin-san-i; ⁶zhin ¹san-i

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhin-san-i; ⁶zhin ¹san-i
    • MiniDict: zhin^去 san i; zhin^去 san^平 i
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxin-san-i; ³xxin ¹san-i
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑin²² sã⁵⁵ i²¹/, /ʑin³³  sã⁵⁵ i²¹/

Verb

尋生意

1. (Wu) to look for work; 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
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)