吃穿

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread
trad. (吃穿)		吃	穿
simp. #(吃穿)		吃	穿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄔㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ cyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihchuan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: chr̄-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chychuan
    • Palladius: чичуань (čičuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ cyun¹
    • Yale: hek chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

吃穿

1. (literal) food and clothing
2. (figurative) basic necessities

Synonyms

• (basic necessities):

• 溫飽／温饱 (wēnbǎo) (figurative)
• 物質生活的基本條件／物质生活的基本条件 (wùzhì shēnghuó de jīběn tiáojiàn)
• 生熟 (shēngshú) (literary, figurative)
• 衣食住行 (yīshízhùxíng)
• 食穿 (Hokkien)
• 食穿用 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 吃穿用度 (chīchuān yòngdù)