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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 衣食住行
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 衣食住行 | yī - shí - zhù - xíng | - lit. clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom) - fig. people's basic needs |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 9 | 39,703 | 37,278 | - |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 衣 | yī | - clothes - CL:件[jian4] - Kangxi radical 145 |
| 衣 | yì | - to dress - to wear - to put on (clothes) |
| 食 | shí | - to eat - food - animal feed - eclipse |
| 食 | sì | - to feed (a person or animal) |
| 住 | zhù | - to live - to dwell - to stay - to reside - to stop - (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) |
| 行 | háng | - (bound form) row; line - (bound form) line of business; trade; profession - (bound form) commercial firm - (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) - (in data tables) row; (Tw) column - classifier for rows or lines |
| 行 | héng | - used in 道行[dao4heng2] |
| 行 | xíng | - (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel - (literary) trip; journey; visit - (bound form) temporary; makeshift - (bound form) current; in circulation - (bound form) to do; to perform - capable; competent - all right; OK!; will do - behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]) - (literary) about to; soon |
Other Words Containing 衣食住行
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 衣食住行 | - | 9 | 39,703 | 37,278 | - |