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息

xī

HSK 2 Character

What 息 means

1. breath
2. news
3. interest (on an investment or loan)
4. to cease
5. to stop
6. to rest
7. Taiwan pr. xí

Example sentences

• 安息吧。
  Rest in peace.
• 愿他安息！
  Yuàn tā ānxī!
  Peace to his ashes!
• 休息好吗？
  Did you have a good rest?
• 我在休息。
  I'm resting.
• 我没出息。
  I have no future.
• 我有消息。
  I've got news.

Words starting with 息

• 息息相关xī xī xiāng guānclosely bound up (idiom); intimately related
• 息影xī yǐng(of an actor) to retire from acting
• 息票xī piàointerest coupon; dividend coupon
• 息率xī lǜinterest rate
• 息争xī zhēngto settle a dispute
• 息肉xī ròu(medicine) polyp
• 息事宁人xī shì níng rénto keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
• 息屏xī píngto turn off the screen
• 息屏显示xī píng xiǎn shìalways-on display (AOD)
• 息县Xī XiànXi County or Xixian, a county in Xinyang City 信阳市
• 息怒xī nùto calm down; to quell one's anger
• 息肩xī jiān(literary) to put down one's burden; to rest; to stay (at an inn etc)
• 息烽县Xī fēng XiànXifeng, a county in Guiyang City 贵阳市
• 息烽Xī fēngsee 息烽县

Words containing 息

• 信息xìn xīinformation; news; message
• 休息xiū xirest; to rest
• 消息xiāo xi(piece of) news; information; message
• 利息lì xīinterest (on a loan)
• 出息chū xifuture prospects; profit; to mature
• 作息zuò xīto work and rest
• 川流不息chuān liú bù xīthe stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
• 气息qì xībreath; smell; odor
• 叹息tàn xīto sigh; to gasp (in admiration)
• 信息化xìn xī huàinformatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)
• 窒息zhì xīto choke; to stifle; to suffocate
• 平息píng xī(of wind etc) to subside; to die down; to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc)…
• 喘息chuǎn xīto gasp for breath; to take a breather
• 休息室xiū xī shìlobby; lounge
• 讯息xùn xīinformation; news; message; text message; SMS
• 加息jiā xī(finance) to raise interest rates
• 安息ān xīto rest; to go to sleep; to rest in peace
• 不息bù xīcontinually; without a break; ceaselessly
• 无声无息wú shēng wú xīwordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking; taciturn; not providing any news
• 歇息xiē xito have a rest; to stay for the night; to go to bed
• 奄奄一息yǎn yǎn yī xīdying; at one's last gasp
• 作息时间zuò xī shí jiāndaily schedule; daily routine
• 悄无声息qiǎo wú shēng xīquietly; noiselessly
• 安息日ān xī rìSabbath

Characters built on 自

These share the phonetic component 自 (zì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 鼻bínose
• 憩qìto rest
• 洎jìto reach; when

Characters that look like 息

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
• 恩ēnfavor; grace; kindness; (colloquial) used like 嗯
• 患huànto suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune
• 恳kěnearnest
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 恙yàngsickness

Sounds the same

Read xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 西west
• 希to hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 吸to breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 悉in all cases; know
• 惜to cherish; to begrudge; to pity
• 析to separate; to divide; to analyze
• 夕(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 晰clear; distinct
• 稀sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 牺sacrifice
• 昔former times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
• 溪creek; rivulet