衣食住行 meaning in English
(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom); (fig.) people's basic needs
HSK 7-928 strokes
Meaning of 衣食住行
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yīshízhùxíng
- (lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom)
- (fig.) people's basic needs
衣食住行 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
孩子们的衣食住行靠的是他们的父母。
Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.
Stroke order for each character
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衣 yī · cloth · 6 strokes
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食 shí · food · 9 strokes
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住 zhù · to live · 7 strokes
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行 xíng · to walk · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 衣食住行.
| 衣服 | yīfu | clothes |
| 记住 | jìzhù | to remember; to bear in mind |
| 不行 | bùxíng | won't do; be out of the question |
| 进行 | jìnxíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out |
| 行动 | xíngdòng | operation; action |
| 食物 | shíwù | food |
| 行为 | xíngwéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 银行 | yínháng | bank |
| 旅行 | lǚxíng | to travel; journey; trip |
| 站住 | zhànzhù | to come to a stop; to halt; to keep one's footing; to stay upright |
| 举行 | jǔxíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 流行 | liúxíng | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) |
Questions about 衣食住行
What does 衣食住行 mean?
衣食住行 (yī-shí-zhù-xíng) means "(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom); (fig.) people's basic needs".
How do you write 衣食住行?
衣食住行 is made of 4 characters: 衣 (6 strokes), 食 (9 strokes), 住 (7 strokes), 行 (6 strokes). That is 28 strokes in total.
Is 衣食住行 an HSK word?
Yes. 衣食住行 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.