息 meaning and pronunciation

息
Simplified/traditional character

息 English definition

xī
  • breath
  • news
  • interest (on an investment or loan)
  • to cease
  • to stop
  • to rest
  • Taiwan pr. [xi2]

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 傒 : (old) native of Jiangxi 江西[Jiang1 xi1]; to wait; servant; path;
  • 僖 : cautious; merry; joyful;
  • 兮 : (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊);
  • 凞 : bright; splendid; glorious;
  • 吸 : to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale;
  • 唏 : sound of sobbing;
  • 嘻 : laugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc);
  • 噏 : to gossip; to babble (Cantonese);
  • 嚱 : (sigh); (whistle);
  • 夕 : dusk; evening; Taiwan pr. [xi4];
  • 奚 : (literary) what?; where?; why?;
  • 嬉 : amusement;
  • 巇 : mountain-gorge; ravine;
  • 希 : to hope; to admire; variant of 稀[xi1];
  • 徯 : footpath; wait for;
  • 怸 : obscure variant of 悉[xi1]; Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝[niu2 xi1];
  • 恓 : troubled; vexed;
  • 悉 : in all cases; know;
  • 惜 : to cherish; to begrudge; to pity; Taiwan pr. [xi2];
  • 扱 : to collect; to receive;
  • 昔 : former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2];
  • 晞 : dawn; to dry in the sun;
  • 晰 : white; variant of 晰[xi1];
  • 曦 : light of day;
  • 析 : to separate; to divide; to analyze;
  • 樨 : Osmanthus fragrans;
  • 欷 : to sob;
  • 汐 : night tides; evening ebbtide; Taiwan pr. [xi4];
  • 浠 : name of a river in Hubei;
  • 淅 : (onom.) sound of rain, sleet etc;
  • 渓 : Japanese variant of 溪[xi1];
  • 溪 : creek; rivulet;
  • 潝 : to agree;
  • 烯 : alkene;
  • 焟 : dry;
  • 熄 : to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end; to wither away; to die out; Taiwan pr. [xi2];
  • 熈 : 㣎
  • 熙 : prosperous; splendid;
  • 熹 : bright; warm;
  • 燨 : fire;
  • 牺 : sacrifice;
  • 犀 : rhinoceros; sharp;
  • 犠 : Japanese variant of 犧|牺;
  • 瘜 : a polypus;
  • 睎 : to long for; to gaze at;
  • 矽 : silicon (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [xi4];
  • 硒 : selenium (chemistry);
  • 磎 : mountain stream; creek;
  • 稀 : rare; uncommon; watery; sparse;
  • 穸 : tomb;
  • 窸 : disturbing noises;
  • 粞 : ground rice; thresh rice;
  • 緆 : fine gunny; sackcloth;
  • 羲 : same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], a mythical emperor; surname Xi;
  • 翕 : to open and close (the mouth etc); friendly; compliant; Taiwan pr. [xi4];
  • 膝 : knee;
  • 螅 : (intestinal worm);
  • 蟋 : cricket;
  • 蠵 : large turtles;
  • 西 : west;
  • 觿 : ivory bodkin for undoing knots;
  • 豨 : swine;
  • 蹊 : footpath;
  • 酅 : place name;
  • 醯 : acyl;
  • 锡 : tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2];
  • 闟 : peacefully; quietly;
  • 鵗 : pheasant;
  • 鼷 : mouse;
  • 𠩺 : 凧
  • 𡗞 : 㡯

Sentences examples with 息

  • 看完报纸休息。
    Kàn wán bàozhǐ xiūxí.
  • 我想休息几分钟。
    Wǒ xiǎng xiūxí jǐ fēnzhōng.
  • 我累了，想休息。
    Wǒ lèile, xiǎng xiūxí.
  • 太累了，让我休息一下。
    Tài lèile, ràng wǒ xiūxí yīxià.
  • 请不要影响别人休息。
    Qǐng bùyào yǐngxiǎng biérén xiūxí.

Words containing 息, by HSK level

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