Character data

HSK 2

FREQUENCY 428th character

RADICAL ⼼ (61.6)

STROKES 10

INDEX # 1973

息 xi xī

news; to rest; breath

HSK 2 #428

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

Word	Meaning
悄无声息 qiǎo wú shēng xī	quietly; noiselessly
不息 bù xī	ceaselessly; continually; without a break
生生不息 shēng shēng bù xī	to grow and multiply without end
作息时间 zuò xī shí jiān	daily routine; daily schedule
瞬息万变 shùn xī wàn biàn	changing very fast; constantly changing
歇息 xiē xi	to have a rest; to sleep; to go to bed
姑息 gū xī	excessively tolerant; overly conciliatory
息怒 xī nù	to quell one's anger; to calm down
屏息 bǐng xī	hold one's breath
息事宁人 xī shì níng rén	to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
息肉 xī ròu	(medicine) polyp
生息 shēng xī	to inhabit; to live (in a habitat)
声息 shēng xī	sound (often with negative, not a sound); whisper
鼻息 bí xī	breath
休养生息 xiū yǎng shēng xī	to recover; to recuperate
低息 dī xī	low-interest
自强不息 zì qiáng bù xī	to strive unremittingly; self-improvement
股息 gǔ xī	dividend
姑息养奸 gū xī yǎng jiān	to indulge evil; tolerate wrongdoing
瞬息 shùn xī	in a flash; twinkling; ephemeral
年息 nián xī	annual interest
信息学 xìn xī xué	information science
偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ	to stop fighting; to give up
本息 běn xī	principal and interest (on a loan)
降息 jiàng xī	to lower interest rates

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