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衣食

yī shí

2-character word

What 衣食 means

1. clothes and food

The characters in 衣食

• 衣yīclothes; Kangxi radical 145
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed

Example sentences

• 衣食住是生存的基础。
  Yīshí zhù shì shēngcún de jīchǔ.
  Food, clothing and shelter are the foundations of survival.
• 我可以给我的家庭提供衣食。
  Wǒ kěyǐ gěi wǒ de jiātíng tígōng yīshí.
  I can provide my family with food and clothing.
• 孩子们的衣食住行靠的是他们的父母。
  Háizimen de yīshízhùxíng kào de shì tāmen de fùmǔ.
  Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.
• 如果我中了彩券，就一辈子衣食无忧了。
  Rúguǒ wǒ zhōng le cǎi quàn, jiù yībèizi yīshíwúyōu le.
  If I win the lottery, I'll be able to live high on the hog.

Words starting with 衣食

• 衣食住行yī shí zhù xíng(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom); (fig.) people's basic needs
• 衣食父母yī shí fù mǔthe people one depends upon for one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
• 衣食无忧yī shí wú yōunot having to worry about clothes and food (idiom)…
• 衣食无虞yī shí wú yúnot having to worry about food and clothes (idiom); provided with the basic necessities

Sounds the same

Read yī shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 一时a period of time; a while; for a short while