衣食父母

Chinese

		food and clothing; basic everyday necessities; means of subsistence	parents; mother and father; mum and dad
trad. (衣食父母)		衣食	父母
simp. #(衣食父母)		衣食	父母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshífùmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ sik⁶ fu⁶ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshífùmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishíhfùmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih²-fu⁴-mu³
    • Yale: yī-shŕ-fù-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyrfuhmuu
    • Palladius: ишифуму (išifumu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ fu⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ sik⁶ fu⁶ mou⁵
    • Yale: yī sihk fuh móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ sik⁹ fu⁶ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ xig⁶ fu⁶ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ sɪk̚² fuː²² mou̯¹³/

Idiom

衣食父母

1. person on whom one's livelihood depends