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升息

shēng xī

2-character word

What 升息 means

1. (finance) to raise interest rates

The characters in 升息

• 升shēngto ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)

Sounds the same

Read shēng xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 声息sound (often with negative, not a sound); whisper
• 生息to inhabit; to live (in a habitat)