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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tang³ riah⁸

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tíng-siăh^→siĕh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)nieʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: thàn-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarnciah
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴² t͡siaʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tang³ riah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàng jia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡ziaʔ⁴/

Verb

趁食

1. (Min) to earn a living
2. (Southern Min, euphemistic) to make a living by prostituting oneself
3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to grab or acquire through improper means

Synonyms

• (to earn a living):

• 尋食／寻食 (Hakka)
• 就食 (jiùshí) (literary)
• 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)
• 過活／过活 (guòhuó)

 

• (to prostitute oneself)

• 做婊 (Hokkien)
• 賣春／卖春 (màichūn)
• 賣淫／卖淫 (màiyín)
• 賣肉／卖肉 (màiròu) (ACG, Internet slang)
• 賣身／卖身 (màishēn)

 

Derived terms

• 趁食人
• 趁食儂／趁食侬
• 趁食查某
• 趁食生理
• 趁食間／趁食间

 

Noun

趁食

1. (Eastern Min, historical) servant; maidservant