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糊口
húkǒu
1. to scrape a meager living
2. to get by with difficulty
Uncommon • Top 24%

Character Breakdown

糊
hú
muddled; paste; to stick on with paste
HSK 5 15 丶
口
kǒu
mouth; entrance, gate, opening
HSK 3 3 丶

Compound Words (1)

养家糊口
yǎngjiāhúkǒu
to support one's family (idiom); to have difficulty feeding a family

Alternate Entries

糊口
húkǒu
variant of [[糊口<húkǒu>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
20,504 of 84,292