衣
食
住
行

Clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom) in Chinese: 衣食住行 (yī shí zhù xíng)

yī shí zhù xíng

clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs

Stroke order

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衣
食
住
行

Zhuyin

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ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

ㄓㄨˋ

zhù

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄥˊ

xíng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 衣食住行是每个人的基本需要。

    yī shí zhù xíng shì měi gè rén de jī běn xū yào。

    Clothing, food, housing, and transport are everyone's basic needs.

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Related words

住

zhù

to live

行

xíng

to walk

衣服

yī fu

clothes

举行

jǔ xíng

to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

银行

yín háng

bank

进行

jìn xíng

to advance

流行

liú xíng

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

食品

shí pǐn

foodstuff

粮食

liáng shi

foodstuff

零食

líng shí

between-meal nibbles

实行

shí xíng

to implement

食物

shí wù

food

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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