搵食 [揾－]

Jyutping wan2 sik6
Pinyin wèn shí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to earn one's living (Cantonese)
  2. Mandarin equivalent: 謀生|谋生[mou2 sheng1]
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Cantonese
    to make a living
    (syn.) 混饭吃, 过活, 尋食, 討食, 糊口, 寻食, 度三顿, 謀生, 赚食, 讨食, 營生, 趁食, 混飯吃, 度喙饱, 賺食, 討生活, 糊嘴, 营生, 度食, 過活, 度喙飽, 谋生, 度三頓, 讨生活, 就食
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 謀生 – 谋生
  2. 覓食 – 觅食
  3. 掙飯吃 – 挣饭吃
  4. 找生計 – 找生计
  5. 找飯碗 – 找饭碗
  6. 混飯吃 – 混饭吃
  7. 掙錢餬口 – 挣钱糊口
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我份工攞嚟揾食㗎咋。我真正嘅职业系写诗。
    我份工攞嚟搵食㗎咋。我真正嘅職業係寫詩。
    ngo5 fan6 gung1 lo2 lai4 wan2 sik6 gaa3 zaa3 。 ngo5 zan1 zing3 ge3 zik1 jip6 hai6 se2 si1 。
    • My day job is just to support myself. My real profession is writing poetry.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢老婆仔女去晒加拿大，留返佢一个太空人响香港揾食。
    佢老婆仔女去晒加拿大，留返佢一個太空人響香港搵食。
    keoi5 lou5 po4 zai2 neoi2 heoi3 saai3 gaa1 naa4 daai6, lau4 faan1 keoi5 jat1 go3 taai3 hung1 jan4 hoeng2 hoeng1 gong2 wan2 sik6.
    • His wife and kids went off to Canada, leaving this astronaut alone in Hong Kong to earn a living.