息 xī
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xī
noun
interest
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 利息 (Guoyu '息' n 3) -
xī
noun
news
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '息' n 4) -
xī
noun
breath
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '息' n 1; Kroll 2015 '息' 1) -
xī
noun
rest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '息' v 2; Unihan '息') -
xī
verb
to put stop to; to end; to cease
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 自强不息 'to strenghen oneself without stopping' (CCI p. 36; CC-CEDICT '自強不息'; Guoyu '息' v 3; Guoyu '自強不息'; Kroll 2015 '息' 2; Unihan '息') -
xī
verb
to multiply; to increase
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '息' v 4; Kroll 2015 '息' 4) -
xī
noun
one's children
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '息' n 2; Kroll 2015 '息' 5) -
xī
noun
fat meat; fat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 贅肉 (Guoyu '息' n 5) -
xī
proper noun
Xi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '息' n 6) -
xī
verb
to breathe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '息' v 1; Kroll 2015 '息' 1)
Contained in
- 偃旗息鼓 lay down the flag and stop the drums; to give up
- 悄无声息(悄無聲息) quietly; noiselessly
- 息灭(息滅) to extinguish; to put out
- 地理信息科学(地理信息科學) geographic information science
- 平息 to settle; to quieten down; to suppress
- 鼻息肉 nasal polyp
- 跂行喙息 [of an insect] to crawl and breathe
- 出息 benefit; interest ; to make progress ; outstanding youths ; generating profit
- 走漏消息 to divulge information
- 股息 dividend
- 减息(減息) to lower the interest rate
- 日出而作,日入而息 to get up at sunrise and work until sunset; to lead a plain and hardworking life
- 工业和信息化部(工業和信息化部) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
- 安息香属(安息香屬) Styrax (tree genus); snowdrop; benzoin
- 信息密度 information density
- 窒息性毒剂(窒息性毒劑) choking agent
- 信息素 pheromone
- 生息 to inhabit; to live (in a habitat)
- 屏息 hold one's breath
- 信息论(信息論) information theory
- 姑息养奸(姑息養奸) to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer; spare the rod and spoil the child
- 休息 to rest ; to recuperate ; to be at peace
- 调息法(調息法) Pranayama
- 叹息(嘆息) to sigh; to gasp
- 信息图形(信息圖形) infographic
- 遗传信息(遺傳信息) genetic information
- 音像消息 audiovisual information
- 安息国(安息國) Parthia
- 年息 annual interest
- 升息 to raise interest rates
- 息票 interest coupon; dividend coupon
- 息怒 to calm down; to quell one's anger
- 棲息地(栖息地) habitat
- 奄奄一息 at one's last breath; about to die
- 生命不息,战斗不止(生命不息,戰鬥不止) while there is life, the fight continues; to fight to the last
- 本息 principal and interest
- 安息年 Sabbatical year
- 作息时间表(作息時間表) daily schedule; work schedule
- 喷鼻息(噴鼻息) to snort
- 自强不息(自強不息) to strenghen oneself without stopping; to strive unremittingly
- 管理信息库(管理信息庫) Management Information Base; MIB
- 有息 interest-bearing (bank account)
Also contained in
文本信息检索 、 互联网信息服务器 、 信息安全 、 信息学 、 参考消息 、 息虑凝心 、 因特网信息服务器 、 信息检索 、 信息技术基础设施库
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- 卷一百八十四 志第一百三十七 食貨下六 Volume 184 Treatises 137: Finance and Economics 2f History of Song 宋史 — count: 27
- 卷一百八十六 志第一百三十九 食貨下八 Volume 186 Treatises 139: Finance and Economics 2h History of Song 宋史 — count: 26
- 卷一百十九 列傳第五十七: 粘葛奴申 劉天起 完顏婁室三人大婁室、中婁室、小婁室 烏古論鎬 張天綱 完顏仲德 Volume 119 Biographies 57: Zhange Nushen, Liu Tianqi, WanyanLoushisanrendaloushi, Zhong Loushi, Xiao Loushi, Wu Gu Lungao, Zhang Tiangang, Wanyan Zhongde History of Jin 金史 — count: 23
- 卷一百七十六 志第一百二十九 食貨上四 Volume 176 Treatises 129: Finance and Economics 1d History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
- 僖公 Lord Xi Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 16
- 卷一百八十五 志第一百三十八 食貨下七 Volume 185 Treatises 138: Finance and Economics 2g History of Song 宋史 — count: 16
- 卷一百〇一 列傳第三十一: 蕭陶蘇斡 耶律阿息保 蕭乙薛 蕭胡篤 Volume 101 Biographies 31: Xiao Taosuwo, Yelu Axibao, Xiao Yixue, Xiao Hudu History of Liao 遼史 — count: 15
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 14
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
- 大略篇第二十七 Chapter 27: Great Summary Xunzi 荀子 — count: 13
Collocations
- 荀息 (荀息) 晉荀息請以屈產之乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 37
- 息曰 (息曰) 先告荀息曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 13
- 息民 (息民) 以繼好息民 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
- 申息 (申息) 屈禦寇以申息之師戍商密 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
- 受息 (受息) 其受息之氓幾何千家 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 5
- 蕃息 (蕃息) 五穀蕃息 — Guanzi 管子, 四時第四十 Chapter 40: The Four Seasons — count: 4
- 息媯 (息媯) 息媯將歸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 灭息 (滅息) 遂滅息 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 息侯 (息侯) 息侯伐鄭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
- 奄息 (奄息) 子車奄息 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧黃鳥 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Huang Niao — count: 3