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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xī | xi1
English translation
breath
news
interest (on an investment or loan)
to cease
to stop
to rest
Taiwan pr. [xí]
to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

To breathe (life, xīn ) through one's nose  xīn also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

自心

Explanation

Pictograph of air going into the nose (). The lines representing breath were later reanalyzed as xīn (heart).

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dāng 所有 suǒyǒu de 庄稼 zhuāngjia dōu 安全 ānquán 入仓 Hòu , 农民 nóngmín men 便 biàn 可以 kěyǐ 休息 xiūxi le .

When all the crops are safely gathered in, the farmers can rest.

OEA发出 fā chū 饥饿 jīè 抑制 yì zhì 信息 xìnxī dào 大脑 dà nǎo ,增加 zēngjiā bǎo zhàng gǎn .

OEA sends hunger - curbing messages to the brain to increase feelings of fullness.

chūn yǒu le 消息 xiāoxi , 树枝 shù zhī shǎng de lín bāo xiǎn zhāo Hóng féi .

Spring was in the air , the buds on the trees swelled pink.

感到 gǎn dào yòu lěi yòu , 需要 xūyào 彻底 chèdǐ 休息 xiūxi .

She felt very tired and thirsty, so she needed thorough rest.

[ yàn ]肚子 dùzi bǎo le , 骨头 gǔtou jiù xiǎng 休息 xiūxi ;腹饱 shuì .

When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
消息 xiāoxi news消息 xiāoxi
信息 xìnxī news信息 xìnxī
休息 xiūxi rest休息 xiūxi
breath
气息 qì xī breath氣息
利息 lìxī interest (on a loan)利息 lìxī
信息化 xìn xī huà informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)信息化 xìn xī huà
窒息 zhì xī to choke窒息 zhì xī
安息 ān xī to rest安息 ān xī
叹息 tàn xī to sigh嘆息
休息室 xiū xī shì lobby休息室 xiū xī shì
讯息 xùn xī news訊息
平息 píng xī to quieten down平息 píng xī
信息技术 xìn xī jì shù IT信息技術
信息系统 xìn xī xì tǒng information system信息系統
喘息 chuǎn xī to gasp for breath喘息 chuǎn xī
栖息 qī xī dwelling棲息
息息相关 xī xī xiāng guān closely bound up (idiom); intimately related息息相關
奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī dying奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī
作息 zuòxī to work and rest作息 zuòxī
出息 chūxī profit出息 chūxī
全息 quán xī holographic全息 quán xī
无声无息 wú shēng wú xī taciturn無聲無息
稍息 shào xī Taiwan pr. [shāo​xī]稍息 shào xī
信息管理 xìn xī guǎn lǐ information management信息管理 xìn xī guǎn lǐ

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