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息
xī
1. breath
2. news
3. interest (on an investment or loan)
4. to cease
5. to stop
6. to rest
7. Taiwan pr. <xí>
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

息
xī
to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news
HSK 2 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

不息
bùxī
continually
休息
xiūxi
rest
HSK 2
低息
dīxī
low-interest
作息
zuòxī
work and rest
HSK 6
信息
xìnxī
information
HSK 4
停息
tíngxī
to stop
出息
chūxī
to yield interest, profit etc
HSK 6
出息
chūxi
future prospects
HSK 6
利息
lìxī
interest (on a loan)
HSK 5
升息
shēngxī
to raise interest rates
喘息
chuǎnxī
to gasp for breath
叹息
tànxī
to sigh
姑息
gūxī
excessively tolerant
安息
ānxī
to rest
将息
jiāngxī
(literary) to rest
屏息
bǐngxī
hold one's breath
平息
píngxī
to settle (a dispute)
年息
niánxī
annual interest
息怒
xīnù
to calm down
息烽
Xīfēng
Xifeng county in Guiyang [[貴陽|贵阳<Guìyáng>]], Guizhou

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
427
Word Frequency Rank
2,365 of 84,292