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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
生计
livelihood
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
livelihood
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 生计 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 生计 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.
I got the sack but I've a little saved up, so for the time being I won't be troubled by living expenses.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 生计.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 生计.
Directly before
- 维持生计4
- 担心生计1
Directly after
- 生计问题1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 生计
What does 生计 mean in Chinese?
生计 (shēngjì) means livelihood.
How do you pronounce 生计?
生计 is pronounced shēngjì.
Is 生计 an HSK word?
生计 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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