息
Meaning
xī xi1
- breath
- news
- interest (on an investment or loan)
- to cease
- to stop
- to rest
- Taiwan pr. [xí]
Example sentences
- The information is very important to us.
HSK words with 息
- 休息 xiūxi rest
- 信息 xìnxī information
- 消息 xiāoxi news
- 利息 lìxī interest (on a loan)
- 气息 qìxī breath
- 窒息 zhìxī to choke
- 平息 píngxī to settle (a dispute)
- 喘息 chuǎnxī to gasp for breath
- 息息相关 xīxīxiāngguān closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
- 出息 chūxī to yield interest, profit etc
- 作息 zuòxī to work and rest
- 自强不息 zìqiángbùxī to strive unremittingly
- 川流不息 chuānliúbùxī the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
- 经久不息 jīngjiǔbùxī prolonged (applause, cheering etc)