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糊口 meaning in English

húkǒu

to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty

18 strokes

Meaning of 糊口

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

húkǒu
  1. to scrape a meager living
  2. to get by with difficulty
húkǒu
  1. variant of 糊口[hu2 kou3]

糊口 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā过guò去qù的de生shēng活huó仅jǐn够gòu糊hú口kǒu。
She used to live hand to mouth.
那nà些xiē无wú家jiā可kě归guī的de人rén每měi天tiān过guò著zhù仅jǐn够gòu糊hú口kǒu的de生shēng活huó。
Those homeless people are living hand-to-mouth.
他tā仅jǐn有yǒu够gòu糊hú口kǒu的de吃chī的de。
He had barely enough to eat.
汤tāng姆mǔ需xū要yào找zhǎo工gōng作zuò养yǎng家jiā糊hú口kǒu。
Tom needs to find a job so he can support his family.
我wǒ努nǔ力lì工gōng作zuò养yǎng家jiā糊hú口kǒu。
I worked hard in order to support my family.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

糊 hú · to paste · 15 strokes

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口 kǒu · mouth · 3 strokes

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  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 糊口.

门口ménkǒudoorway; gate
路口lùkǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)
出口chūkǒuan exit; to speak
入口rùkǒuentrance; to import
人口rénkǒupopulation; people
口袋kǒudaipocket; bag; sack
进口jìnkǒuto import; imported
口语kǒuyǔcolloquial speech; spoken language
一口气yīkǒuqìone breath; in one breath
模糊móhuvague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up
口号kǒuhàoslogan; catchphrase
伤口shāngkǒuwound; cut

Questions about 糊口

What does 糊口 mean?

糊口 (húkǒu) means "to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty".

How do you write 糊口?

糊口 is made of 2 characters: 糊 (15 strokes), 口 (3 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.