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息

xī

rest, put stop to, end, cease

Shadow
Strokes
10
Radical
心
HSK
1
Tone
1

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 我没出息。

    Wǒ méi chū xī

    I have no future.

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  • 我有消息。

    Wǒ yǒu xiāo xi

    I've got news.

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  • 信息就是力量。

    Xìn xī jiù shì lì liang

    Information is power.

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  • 我们想要更多信息。

    Wǒ men xiǎng yào gèng duō xìn xī

    We want further information.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 息

  • 休息xiū xi 1–5rest; to rest
  • 信息xìn xī 4–1 information; news; message
  • 消息xiāo xi 1–5news; information
  • 利息lì xī 4–1 interest (on a loan)
  • 出息chū xi 1–5future prospects; profit; to mature; to grow up
  • 作息zuò xī 4–1 to work and rest
  • 川流不息chuān liú bù xī 1–2–4–1the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
  • 气息qì xī 4–1 breath; smell; odor; flavor
  • 窒息zhì xī 4–1 to choke; to stifle; to suffocate
  • 平息píng xī 2–1 to settle (a dispute); to quieten down; to suppress
  • 喘息chuǎn xī 3–1 to gasp for breath; to take a breather
  • 息息相关xī xī xiāng guān 1–1–1–1closely bound up (idiom); intimately related