衣食住行

Chinese

		gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (衣食住行)		衣	食	住	行
simp. #(衣食住行)		衣	食	住	行

Etymology

From 民生主義·第三講 in 三民主義 [1924], a collection of speeches delivered by Sun Yat-sen in 1924.

民生的需要，從前經濟學家都是說衣、食、住三種；照我的研究，應該有四種，於衣食住之外，還有一種就是行。行也是一種很重的需要；行就是走路……大家都能各盡各的義務，大家自然可以得衣食住行的四種需要。 [MSC, trad.]

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民生的需要，从前经济学家都是说衣、食、住三种；照我的研究，应该有四种，于衣食住之外，还有一种就是行。行也是一种很重的需要；行就是走路……大家都能各尽各的义务，大家自然可以得衣食住行的四种需要。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 1924, Sun Yat-sen, 三民主義

Mínshēng de xūyào, cóngqián jīngjìxuéjiā dōu shì shuō yī, shí, zhù sān zhǒng; zhào wǒ de yánjiū, yìnggāi yǒu sì zhǒng, yú yī shí zhù zhīwài, háiyǒu yī zhǒng jiù shì xíng. Xíng yě shì yī zhǒng hěn zhòng de xūyào; xíng jiù shì zǒulù...... Dàjiā dōu néng gè jìn gè de yìwù, dàjiā zìrán kěyǐ dé yīshízhùxíng de sì zhǒng xūyào. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshízhùxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ sik⁶ zyu⁶ hang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshízhùxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishíhjhùsíng
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih²-chu⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: yī-shŕ-jù-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyrjuhshyng
    • Palladius: ишичжусин (išičžusin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ sik⁶ zyu⁶ hang⁴
    • Yale: yī sihk jyuh hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ sik⁹ dzy⁶ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ xig⁶ ju⁶ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ sɪk̚² t͡syː²² hɐŋ²¹/

Idiom

衣食住行

1. food, clothing, housing and transportation; basic necessities of life

Synonyms

• 吃穿 (chīchuān) (figurative)
• 溫飽／温饱 (wēnbǎo) (figurative)
• 物質生活的基本條件／物质生活的基本条件 (wùzhì shēnghuó de jīběn tiáojiàn)
• 生熟 (shēngshú) (literary, figurative)
• 食穿 (Hokkien)
• 食穿用 (Hokkien)