拾荒 [－－]

Jyutping sap6 fong1
Pinyin shí huāng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to glean
  2. to collect scraps
  3. to eke out a meager living
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    收集​人​哋​唔​要​嘅​廢​棄​物
    to collect what other people dumped
    • 個老伯伯揾唔到工，只可以靠拾荒為生。
      个老伯伯揾唔到工，只可以靠拾荒为生。
      go3 lou5 baak3 baak3 wan2 m4 dou2 gung1, zi2 ho2 ji5 kaau3 sap6 fong1 wai4 sang1.
      The old man cannot get a job so he can only become an elderly scavenger.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to glean and collect scraps; to ragpick; to scavenge
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    拾荒
    拾荒
    sap6 fong1
    • scavenging
    • to collect what other people dumped
  2. Cantonese
    个老伯伯揾唔到工，只可以靠拾荒为生。
    個老伯伯揾唔到工，只可以靠拾荒為生。
    go3 lou5 baak3 baak3 wan2 m4 dou2 gung1, zi2 ho2 ji5 kaau3 sap6 fong1 wai4 sang1.
    • The old man cannot get a job so he can only become an elderly scavenger.