congee

(in 糊口[hu2 kou3]) to feed oneself

Rice (米) + sound (胡) = rice paste or congee

The rice radical carries the meaning — a grain-based paste or gruel. 胡 contributes the sound hú and does not add semantic meaning here.

+
RiceSemantic
A historical word for northern peoplesPhonetic

他每天打工,只是为了口。

tā měi tiān dǎ gōng,zhǐ shì wèi le hú kǒu。

he works odd jobs every day, just to feed himself.

家里很穷,父母辛苦工作才能口。

jiā lǐ hěn qióng,fù mǔ xīn kǔ gōng zuò cái néng hú kǒu。

the family is very poor; the parents work hard just to keep themselves fed.

Words with 糊

闹糊糊

nào hú hu

to cause trouble

养家糊口

yǎng jiā hú kǒu

(idiom) to provide for one's family

糊口

hú kǒu

variant of 糊口[hu2 kou3]

马糊

mǎ hu

variant of 馬虎|马虎[ma3 hu5]

麦芽糊精

mài yá hú jīng

maltodextrin

面糊

miàn hù

panada; cooked flour paste

面糊

miàn hu

(of food) starchy and soft

黏糊

nián hu

sticky

黏糊糊

nián hū hū

sticky

黑糊糊

hēi hū hū

black

一塌糊涂

yī tā hú tu

muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition

不含糊

bù hán hu

unambiguous

More characters with 米