# 衣食
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yīshí
    (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^1$ sik$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yî-sṳ̍t
* Eastern Min (BUC): ĭ-sĭk
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i-si̍t / ui-si̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yīshí
*** Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yishíh
*** Wade–Giles: i$^1$-shih$^2$
*** Yale: yī-shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyr
*** Palladius: иши (iši)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^1$ sik$^6$
*** Yale: yī sihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^1$ sik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^1$ xig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-sṳ̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: i$^ˊ$ siid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^1$ sid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /i²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-sṳ̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i$^ˊ$ siid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^1$ sid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭ-sĭk
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* i-si̍t - food and clothing;
* ui-si̍t - boon, luck, good fortune, good omen.
* Middle Chinese: 'j+j zyik
Rime :
| Character | 衣 | 食 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 船 (27) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 於希切 | 乗力切 |
| Baxter | 'j+j | zyik |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨi/ | /ʑɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɨi/ | /ʑɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiəi/ | /ʑiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɨj/ | /ʑik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiəi/ | /d͡ʑiək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭəi/ | /d͡ʑĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔe̯i/ | /d͡ʑʰi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yī | shí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^1$ | sik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)əj mə-lək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qɯl ɦljɯɡ/
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. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 衣 | 食 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14837 | 11477 |
| Phonetic component | 衣 | 食 |
| Rime group | 微 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 依 | |
| Old Chinese | /*qɯl/ | /*ɦljɯɡ/ |

### Noun

衣食
* (literally) food and clothing
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th 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
* (Hokkien) boon; good luck; blessing; benefit; good omen; good fortune

#### Synonyms

* (omen):
* 先兆 (xiānzhào)
* 兆頭／兆头 (zhàotou)
* 前兆 (qiánzhào)
* 彩頭／彩头 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 徵候／征候 (zhēnghòu)
* 徵兆／征兆 (zhēngzhào)
* 徵象／征象 (zhēngxiàng)
* 朕兆 (zhènzhào) (literary)
* 節嵌／节嵌 (Loudi Xiang)
* 萌 (literary)
* 預兆／预兆 (yùzhào)

#### Derived terms

* 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

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 衣(い)食(しょく) (ishoku); 衣(え)食(じき) (ejiki)
* → Korean: 의식(衣食) (uisik)

##### Other descendants

* → Tagalog: wisit