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Jyutping wai4 ci4 sang1 wut6
Pinyin wéi chí shēng huó

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to subsist
  2. to eke out a living
  3. to keep body and soul together
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to make a living
  2. verb
    to subsist
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他靠什么维持生活?
    他靠什麼維持生活?
    tā kào shén me wéi chí shēng huó ?
    • What does he do for a living?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    身无分文的姑娘们是如何维持生活的?
    身無分文的姑娘們是如何維持生活的?
    shēn wú fēn wén de gū niáng men shì rú hé wéi chí shēng huó de ?
    • How do penniless young women survive?
  2. Mandarin
    不足部分,可以种杂粮、捞鱼虾、饲鸡豕,或出卖一部分劳动力,勉强维持生活,于艰难竭蹶之中,存聊以卒岁之想。
    不足部分,可以種雜糧、撈魚蝦、飼雞豕,或出賣一部分勞動力,勉強維持生活,於艱難竭蹶之中,存聊以卒歲之想。
    bù zú bù fen , kě yǐ zhòng zá liáng , lāo yú xiā , sì jī shǐ , huò chū mài yī bù fen láo dòng lì , miǎn qiǎng wéi chí shēng huó , yú jiān nán jié jué zhī zhōng , cún liáo yǐ zú suì zhī xiǎng .
    • To make up their deficit they cultivate side crops, catch fish or shrimps, raise poultry or pigs, or sell part of their labour power, and thus eke out a living, hoping in the midst of hardship and destitution to tide over the year.