衣食

Chinese

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yishíh
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-shih²
  - Yale: yī-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyr
  - Palladius: иши (iši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ sik⁶
  - Yale: yī sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ xig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-sṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: i^ˊ siid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ sid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /i²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-sṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˊ siid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ sid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭ-sĭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ^(s-)liʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: i-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: isit
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ sit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: ui-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uisit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ sit̚⁴/

Note:

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	衣	食
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī	shí
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjɨj ›	‹ zyik ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)əj/	/*mə-lək/
English	clothes	eat
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

衣食

(literally) food and clothing
- 衣食所安，弗敢專也，必以分人。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  衣食所安，弗敢专也，必以分人。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Yīshí suǒ ān, fú gǎn zhuān yě, bì yǐ fēn rén. [Pinyin]
  I never dare to keep all my food and clothing for my own enjoyment, but always share them with others.
(by extension) basic everyday necessities; means of subsistence
(Eastern Min) omen; sign; harbinger
(Taiwanese Hokkien, dated in Xiamen Hokkien) good fortune; good luck; boon; blessing; good omen

倉廩實而知禮節，衣食足而知榮辱 / 仓廪实而知礼节，衣食足而知荣辱 (cānglǐn shí ér zhī lǐjié, yīshí zú ér zhī róngrǔ)
冇衣食
有衣食
無衣食 / 无衣食
衣食不週 / 衣食不周
衣食之謀 / 衣食之谋
衣食住行 (yīshízhùxíng)
衣食客
衣食所安
衣食業 / 衣食业
衣食無憂 / 衣食无忧
衣食父母 (yīshífùmǔ)
衣食稅租 / 衣食税租
衣食者民之本
衣食足而知榮辱 / 衣食足而知荣辱
衣食飯 / 衣食饭
衣食飯碗 / 衣食饭碗
食衣食

Sino-Xenic (衣食):