# 衣食住行 (yīshízhùxíng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 衣食住行 (yīshízhùxíng) means “basic necessities of life”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: basic necessities of life
- Pinyin: yīshízhùxíng (yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这关系到大家的衣食住行。
  Zhè guānxì dào dàjiā de yīshízhùxíng.
  This concerns people's basic needs.

## Characters

- 衣 (yì): to dress; to wear
- 食 (shí): to eat; food
- [住](https://hanziro.com/word/zhu-live/) (zhù): to live; to reside
- [行](https://hanziro.com/word/xing-all-right-ok/) (xíng): all right, OK!; to walk, to travel

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-shi-zhu-xing-basic-necessities-life/

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