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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

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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
- clothes
- CL:件[jian4]
- Kangxi radical 145
- to dress
- to wear
- to put on (clothes)
shí- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
- to feed (a person or animal)
zhù- to live
- to dwell
- to stay
- to reside
- to stop
- (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
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
héng- used in 道行[dao4heng2]
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

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
衣食住行 - 9 39,703 37,278 -