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衣食

衣食

Chinese

		gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
simp. and trad. (衣食)		衣	食

Noun

衣食

(literally) food and clothing
(by extension) basic everyday necessities; means of subsistence

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yīshí

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ sik⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yî-sṳ̍t
Min Nan (POJ): i-si̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: yīshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyr
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    衣食
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ sik⁶
  - Yale: yī sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ sik⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-sṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: i´ siid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ sid⁶
  - IPA: /i²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-sṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i´ siid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ sid⁶
  - IPA: /(j)i²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: i-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: isit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² ɕit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ ɕit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² ɕit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕit̚⁴/