养家糊口 yǎngjiāhúkǒu to support a family Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 养家 養家 yǎngjiā verb + noun to support a family to provide for the living expenses of a family; to raise a family糊口 húkǒu to scrape a living To earn just enough money to buy food; to scrape a meager living or get by with difficulty.