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Information of 息

Pinyinxī

Radical

心

Strokes

10 strokes

Usage

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Definition

news / interest / breath / rest

息 [xī] （动） 【本义】: 喘气; 呼吸 1. 同本义 ([En.] breathe; pant) 2. 叹气 ([En.] sigh) 3. 停止，停息 ([En.] stop) 4. 休息 ([En.] rest) 5. 滋息; 生长 ([En.] grow) 6. 平息 ([En.] calm down) 7. 消除 ([En.] get rid of) 8. 通“熄”。熄灭; 消失 ([En.] go out) （名） 1. 气息，呼吸时出入的气 ([En.] breath) 2. 利息，利钱 ([En.] interest) 3. 消息 ([En.] message) 4. 亲生子女 ([En.] one's own children) 5. 春秋时诸侯国名 ([En.] Xi state). 故址在今河南省息县北 6. 姓 息 [xī] （动） 1. 呼吸、喘气 ([En.] breathe; pant) 2. 休憩、放松身心 ([En.] rest; relax) 3. 停止、消失 ([En.] stop; disappear) 4. 繁殖、滋长 ([En.] breed; grow) （名） 1. 呼吸时出入的气 ([En.] breath) 2. 子女、儿子 ([En.] children; sons) 3. 利钱 ([En.] interest) 4. 音讯、音信 ([En.] news; message) 5. 赘肉 ([En.] flesh; fat) 6. 姓 ([En.] surname)

摇头叹息 yáo tóu tàn xī

shake one's head and sigh / shaking the head and uttering a sigh

喘息 chuǎn xī

to gasp for breath / to take a breather

奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī

dying / at one's last gasp

气息奄奄 qì xī yǎn yǎn

to have only a breath of life (idiom)

姑息 gū xī

excessively tolerant / to overindulge (sb) / overly conciliatory / to seek appeasement at any price

一息尚存 yī xī shàng cún

alive / as long as one lives

屏息 bǐng xī

hold one's breath

憩息 qì xī

rest

叹息 tàn xī

to sigh / to gasp (in admiration)

利息 lì xī

interest (on a loan) / CL:筆|笔[bi3]

息怒 xī nù

to calm down / to quell one's anger

消息 xiāo xi

news / information / CL:條|条[tiao2]

栖息 qī xī

to stay (for a rest) / dwelling / perch (of birds)

气息 qì xī

breath / smell / odor / flavor

利息率 lì xi lǜ

interest rate

讯息 xùn xī

information / news / message / text message or SMS

平息 píng xī

to settle (a dispute) / to quieten down / to suppress

生息 shēng xī

to inhabit / to live (in a habitat)

声息 shēng xī

sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper

信息网 xìn xī wǎng

information network

息息相关 xī xī xiāng guān

closely bound up (idiom); intimately related

信息技术 xìn xī jì shù

information technology / IT

窒息 zhì xī

to choke / to stifle / to suffocate

歇息 xiē xi

to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep

悄无声息 qiǎo wú shēng xī

quietly / noiselessly

扼腕叹息 è wàn tàn xī

Sigh

栖息地 qī xī dì

habitat

偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ

lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in

信息化 xìn xī huà

informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)

好消息 hǎo xiāo xī

hot wire

Input Method for 息

Pinyinxi1

Wubi

thnu

Cangjie

hup

Zhengma

nlwz

Four Corner

26330

Unicode

U+606f

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