营生

營生
yíngshēng
verb #32,919

Meanings

  1. 1 to earn a living
  2. 2 (noun, colloquial, neutral tone yíngsheng) job; line of work

Examples

Tā kào mài cài yíngshēng.
He earns his living selling vegetables.
Zhè shì ge bùcuò de yíngsheng.
This is a pretty decent line of work.

Tips

usage
Two pronunciations with different functions: yíngshēng (verb, 'to make a living') as in X营生; and yíngsheng (noun, with neutral final tone, colloquial) meaning 'a job / line of work' — common in Northern dialects, e.g. 营生 ('find some kind of work to do').

Stroke Order

yíng
shēng