衣食住行 yī shí zhù xíng

basic needs: food, clothing, housing, travel

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 39563rd word

Definitions

  1. 1. clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs

Characters

Character Meaning
衣 yī HSK 1
clothes; Kangxi radical 145; to wear
食 shí HSK 5
to eat; food; animal feed
住 zhù HSK 1
to live; to stay; to reside
行 xíng HSK 3
all right; OK!; will do