过
日
子

To live one's life in Chinese: 过日子 (guò rì zi)

guò rì zi

to live one's life

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 過日子1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to live one's life
  2. 2to pass one's days
  3. 3to get along

Stroke order

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过
日
子

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨㄛˋ

guò

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄖˋ

rì

ㄖ/ rˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄗ

zi

˙/ neutral toneㄗ/ z

Simplified & traditional

过日子

Simplified

過日子

Traditional

Example sentences

See 过日子 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 两个人踏实过日子就很幸福。

    liǎng gè rén tà shí guò rì zi jiù hěn xìng fú。

    Two people living life steadily together is happiness enough.

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Related words

日

rì

sun

过

guò

to cross

子

zǐ

son

杯子

bēi zi

cup

儿子

ér zi

son

椅子

yǐ zi

chair

桌子

zhuō zi

table

孩子

hái zi

child

妻子

qī zǐ

wife and children

生日

shēng rì

birthday

鼻子

bí zi

nose

电子

diàn zǐ

electronic

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