# 營生
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yíngshēng
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jing$^4$ sang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yíngshēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yíngsheng
*** Wade–Giles: ying$^2$-shêng$^1$
*** Yale: yíng-shēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngsheng
*** Palladius: иншэн (inšɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jing$^4$ sang$^1$
*** Yale: yìhng sāng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jing$^4$ sang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ying$^4$ seng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

#### Verb

營生
* to make a living; to earn a living

##### Synonyms

* 尋食／寻食 (Hakka)
* 就食 (jiùshí) (literary)
* 度三頓／度三顿 (Xiamen Hokkien, with difficulty, Zhangzhou Hokkien, with difficulty)
* 度喙飽／度喙饱 (Hokkien, with difficulty)
* 度食 (Hokkien)
* 搵食／揾食 (wan$^2$ sik$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 混飯吃／混饭吃 (hùnfànchī) (colloquial)
* 糊口 (húkǒu)
* 糊嘴 (húzuǐ) (dated)
* 討生活／讨生活 (tǎoshēnghuó)
* 討食／讨食
* 謀生／谋生 (móushēng)
* 賺食／赚食 (Hakka, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 趁食 (Min)
* 過活／过活 (guòhuó)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yíngshēng
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jing$^4$ sang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yíngshēng → yíngsheng (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ → ㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄕㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yíngshe̊ng
*** Wade–Giles: ying$^2$-shêng$^5$
*** Yale: yíng-sheng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng.sheng
*** Palladius: иншэн (inšɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ → /iŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ³/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yíngshēngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yíngshengr
*** Wade–Giles: ying$^2$-shêng$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: yíng-shēngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngshengl
*** Palladius: иншэнр (inšɛnr)
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ³⁵ ʂɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jing$^4$ sang$^1$
*** Yale: yìhng sāng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jing$^4$ sang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ying$^4$ seng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

#### Noun

營生
* (dialectal) job

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 職, 業 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 職業, 工作 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 工作 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 工, 工作 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 工 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 工 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 工 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭路 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭路, 工課, 穡路 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 工課, 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 工課, 頭路, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 頭路, 工課, 穡頭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 工課, 頭路, 穡頭, 職業 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 工課 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 工課, 工 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 工, 頭路, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 頭路 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 工課 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 工, 工課 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 工 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 工作, 生活, 生意, 行當, 飯碗 figuratively, 飯碗頭 figuratively |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 生活, 營生 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 行當 |
| Wu | Danyang | 生活 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 生活, 行當 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 行當 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 行當, 事幹, 生活 |