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安息

ān xī

2-character word

What 安息 means

1. to rest; to go to sleep
2. to rest in peace

Other readings

安息 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Ān xīParthia (ancient country in central Asia)

The characters in 安息

• 安ān(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)

Example sentences

• 安息吧。
  Rest in peace.
• 愿他安息！
  Yuàn tā ānxī!
  Peace to his ashes!
• 愿你的在天之灵安息。
  May your soul rest in peace.

Words starting with 安息

• 安息日ān xī rìSabbath
• 安息国Ān xī guóParthia
• 安息香ān xī xiāngStyrax officinalis or Styrax benzoin; benzoin resin (used in TCM); Benzoinum
• 安息香属ān xī xiāng shǔStyrax (tree genus); snowdrop; benzoin
• 安息香科ān xī xiāng kēStyracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin
• 安息香脂ān xī xiāng zhībenzoinum; benzoin resin (used in TCM)
• 安息茴香ān xī huí xiāngsee 孜然

Sounds the same

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

• 安溪see 安溪县