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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)

脉息
màixī
pulse
息肉
xīròu
(medicine) polyp
息县
Xīxiàn
Xi county in Xinyang [[信陽|信阳]], Henan
息票
xīpiào
interest coupon
将息
jiāngxī
(literary) to rest
屏息
bǐngxī
hold one's breath
息率
xīlǚ
interest rate
平息
píngxī
to settle (a dispute)
年息
niánxī
annual interest
息烽
Xīfēng
Xifeng county in Guiyang [[貴陽|贵阳<Guìyáng>]], Guizhou
信息
xìnxī
information
HSK 4
息怒
xīnù
to calm down
股息
gǔxī
dividend
鼻息
bíxī
breath
降息
jiàngxī
to lower interest rates
声息
shēngxī
sound (often with negative, not a sound)
窒息
zhìxī
to choke
稍息
shàoxī
Stand at ease! (military)
瞬息
shùnxī
in a flash
休息
xiūxi
rest
HSK 2

Metadata

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

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