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衣食, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
衣食 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
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gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear |
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
| trad. (衣食)
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衣
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食
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| simp. #(衣食)
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衣
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食
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Pronunciation
Note:
- i-si̍t - food and clothing;
- ui-si̍t - boon, luck, good fortune, good omen.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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衣
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食
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yī
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shí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjɨj ›
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‹ zyik ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔ(r)əj/
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/*mə-lək/
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| English
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clothes
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eat
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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衣
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食
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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14837
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11477
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Phonetic
component
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衣
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食
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Rime
group
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微
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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依
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Old
Chinese
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/*qɯl/
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/*ɦljɯɡ/
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Noun
衣食
- (literally) food and clothing
- (by extension) basic everyday necessities; means of subsistence
- (Eastern Min) omen; sign; harbinger
- (Hokkien) boon; good luck; blessing; benefit; good omen; good fortune
Synonyms
- 先兆 (xiānzhào)
- 兆頭／兆头 (zhàotou)
- 前兆 (qiánzhào)
- 彩頭／彩头 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 徵候／征候 (zhēnghòu)
- 徵兆／征兆 (zhēngzhào)
- 徵象／征象 (zhēngxiàng)
- 朕兆 (zhènzhào) (literary)
- 節嵌／节嵌 (Loudi Xiang)
- 萌 (literary)
- 預兆／预兆 (yùzhào)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Other descendants