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維持生活

維持生活

See also: 维持生活

Chinese

		to maintain; to keep	life
trad. (維持生活)		維持	生活
simp. (维持生活)		维持	生活

Verb

維持生活

to make a living
to subsist

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wéichí shēnghuó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄔˊ ㄕㄥㄏㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ ci⁴ sang¹ wut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéichí shēnghuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄔˊ ㄕㄥㄏㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weichyr shenghwo
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ ci⁴ sang¹ wut⁶
  - Yale: wàih chìh sāng wuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ tsi⁴ sang¹ wut⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ wuːt̚²/