móu shēng

Traditional: 謀生

HSK 7–9

谋生 (móu shēng) is a Chinese word meaning “to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself; to earn a living”.

Meanings

  1. 1to seek one's livelihood
  2. 2to work to support oneself
  3. 3to earn a living
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 谋生

谋móu · to plan生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born

Related words

先生teacher发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out生活to live医生doctor; medical practitioner生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born谋杀to murder生气to get angry; to be furious生日birthday生意life force生意business学生student

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