Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
衣食. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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
衣食 you have here. The definition of the word
衣食 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
衣食, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Chinese
|
|
gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear |
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
| trad. (衣食)
|
衣
|
食
|
| simp. #(衣食)
|
衣
|
食
|
Pronunciation
Note:
- i-si̍t - “food and clothing”;
- ui-si̍t - “good fortune”.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
衣
|
食
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/2
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
yī
|
shí
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ʔjɨj ›
|
‹ zyik ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ʔ(r)əj/
|
/*mə-lək/
|
| English
|
clothes
|
eat
|
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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
衣
|
食
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
| No.
|
14837
|
11477
|
Phonetic
component
|
衣
|
食
|
Rime
group
|
微
|
職
|
Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
依
|
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*qɯl/
|
/*ɦljɯɡ/
|
Noun
衣食
- (literally) food and clothing
衣食所安，弗敢專也，必以分人。
衣食所安，弗敢专也，必以分人。 - From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Yīshí suǒ ān, fú gǎn zhuān yě, bì yǐ fēn rén.
- I never dare to keep all my food and clothing for my own enjoyment, but always share them with others.
- (by extension) basic everyday necessities; means of subsistence
- (Eastern Min) omen; sign; harbinger
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, dated in Xiamen Hokkien) good fortune; good luck; boon; blessing; good omen
Synonyms
- (basic everyday necessities):
- 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)
- 衣食住行 (yīshízhùxíng)
- 食穿 (Hokkien)
- 食穿用 (Hokkien)
- 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)
- 好字運 / 好字运 (Hokkien)
- 好彩 (Hakka, obsolete or Cantonese)
- 好運 / 好运 (hǎoyùn)
- 幸運 / 幸运 (xìngyùn)
- 機緣 / 机缘 (jīyuán)
- 福 (fú) (literary, or in compounds)
- 福分 (fúfèn)
- 福氣 / 福气
- 福澤 / 福泽 (fúzé)
- 福祉 (fúzhǐ) (literary)
- 福祚 (fúzuò) (literary)
- 福運 / 福运 (Hokkien)
- 造化 (zàohua)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Other descendants