度三頓

Chinese

		capacity; degree; standard	three	a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)
trad. (度三頓)		度	三	頓
simp. (度三顿)		度	三	顿

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): tō͘-saⁿ-tǹg / tō͘-saⁿ-tùiⁿ

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-saⁿ-tǹg
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-sann-tǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxsva'dngx
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-saⁿ-tùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-sann-tuìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxsva'dvuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² tuĩ²¹/

Verb

度三頓

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty; to eke out a livelihood

Synonyms

Synonyms of 度三頓

就食 (jiùshí) (literary)
度食 (Min Nan)
糊口 (húkǒu)
糊嘴 (húzuǐ) (dated)
趁食 (Min)
尋食／寻食 (Hakka)
度喙飽／度喙饱 (Min Nan, with difficulty)
搵食／揾食 (Cantonese)

混飯吃／混饭吃 (hùnfànchī) (colloquial)
營生／营生 (yíngshēng)
討生活／讨生活 (tǎoshēnghuó)
討食／讨食
謀生／谋生 (móushēng)
賺食／赚食 (Hakka, Min Nan)
過活／过活 (guòhuó)

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