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Jyutping mau4 sang1
Pinyin móu shēng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to seek one's livelihood
  2. to work to support oneself
  3. to earn a living
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    賺​錢維持​生計
    to make a living
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to make a living; to seek a livelihood
    (syn.) 混饭吃, 过活, 尋食, 討食, 糊口, 寻食, 度三顿, 赚食, 搵食, 讨食, 揾食, 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, 度三頓, 讨生活, 就食
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2929
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他怎么在这样的贫困中谋生?
    他怎麼在這樣的貧困中謀生?
    tā zěn me zài zhè yàng de pín kùn zhōng móu shēng ?
    • How did he make his living in such poverty?
  2. Mandarin
    他靠写作谋生。
    他靠寫作謀生。
    tā kào xiě zuò móu shēng 。
    • He earns his bread as a writer.
    • He makes a living as a writer.
    • He earns his living by writing.
  3. Mandarin
    以漫画家谋生几乎不可能。
    以漫畫家謀生幾乎不可能。
    yǐ màn huà jiā móu shēng jī hū bù kě néng 。
    • Making a living as a manga artist is almost impossible.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    谋生
    謀生
    mau4 sang1
    • to make a living
  2. Cantonese
    墨西哥有好多人掘地道去美国谋生。
    墨西哥有好多人掘地道去美國謀生。
    mak6 sai1 go1 jau5 hou2 do1 jan4 gwat6 dei6 dou6 heoi3 mei5 gwok3 mau4 sang1.
    • Many Mexicans try to sneak into America to earn a living by digging tunnels.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    谋生
    謀生
    móu shēng
    • to make a living
  2. Mandarin
    汕头百载商埠的发源地西堤码头,见证了千千万万潮汕人从这里“过番”谋生,也见证了汕头从渔村、码头到港口、商埠的变迁。
    汕頭百載商埠的發源地西堤碼頭,見證了千千萬萬潮汕人從這裏“過番”謀生,也見證了汕頭從漁村、碼頭到港口、商埠的變遷。
    shàn tóu bǎi zǎi shāng bù de fā yuán dì xī dī mǎ tóu , jiàn zhèng le qiān qiān wàn wàn cháo shàn rén cóng zhè lǐ “ guò fān ” móu shēng , yě jiàn zhèng le shàn tóu cóng yú cūn , mǎ tóu dào gǎng kǒu , shāng bù de biàn qiān .
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