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Definitions

  1. 1. breath
  2. 2. news
  3. 3. interest (on an investment or loan)
  4. 4. to cease
  5. 5. to stop
  6. 6. to rest
  7. 7. Taiwan pr. [xí]

Example Sentences

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這則訊 將在五秒後自動銷毀。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4813513)

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Words Containing 息

息肉
xī ròu

(medicine) polyp

低息
dī xī

low-interest

窒息
zhì xī

to choke

消息来源
xiāo xi lái yuán

web feed

停息
tíng xī

to stop

消息灵通人士
xiāo xi líng tōng rén shì

well-informed source; person with inside information

利息率
lì xi lǜ

interest rate

喘息
chuǎn xī

to gasp for breath

扑热息痛
pū rè xī tòng

paracetamol (loanword)

内线消息
nèi xiàn xiāo xi

insider information

降息
jiàng xī

to lower interest rates

悄无声息
qiǎo wú shēng xī

quietly

首席信息官
shǒu xí xìn xī guān

chief information officer (CIO)

信息与通讯技术
xìn xī yǔ tōng xùn jì shù

information and communication technology, ICT

消息队列
xiāo xi duì liè

message queue (computing)

作息
zuò xī

to work and rest

本息
běn xī

principal and interest (on a loan)

加息
jiā xī

to raise interest rates

孳息
zī xī

interest (from an investment, esp. an endowment)

信息技术
xìn xī jì shù

information technology

脉息
mài xī

pulse

瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn

in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change

贴息
tiē xī

to discount the interest on a bill of exchange

讯息
xùn xī

information

公共休息室
gōng gòng xiū xī shì

shared lounge; common room

中国国防科技信息中心
zhōng guó guó fáng kē jì xìn xī zhōng xīn

China Defense Science and Technology Information Center (CDSTIC)

信息
xìn xī

information

头信息
tóu xìn xī

header (computing)

国家互联网信息办公室
guó jiā hù lián wǎng xìn xī bàn gōng shì

Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)

杳无消息
yǎo wú xiāo xī

see 杳無音信|杳无音信[yǎo wú yīn xìn]

奄奄一息
yǎn yǎn yī xī

dying

信息灵通
xìn xi líng tōng

see 消息靈通|消息灵通[xiāo xi líng tōng]

息率
xī lǜ

interest rate

气息
qì xī

breath

信息素
xìn xī sù

pheromone

暂息
zàn xī

a lull (in the storm)

管理信息库
guǎn lǐ xìn xī kù

Management Information Base

安息香
ān xī xiāng

Styrax officinalis or Styrax benzoin

息息相关
xī xī xiāng guān

closely bound up (idiom); intimately related

信息管理
xìn xī guǎn lǐ

information management

憩息处
qì xī chù

rest area

稍息
shào xī

Stand at ease! (military)

拆息
chāi xī

daily interest on a loan

生命不息,战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ

while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last

息票
xī piào

interest coupon

休息室
xiū xī shì

lobby

出错信息
chū cuò xìn xī

error message (computing)

瞬息
shùn xī

in a flash

安息日
ān xī rì

Sabbath

股息
gǔ xī

dividend

消息灵通
xiāo xi líng tōng

to be well-informed

气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn

to have only a breath of life (idiom)

不息
bù xī

continually

叹息
tàn xī

to sigh; to gasp (in admiration)

息屏显示
xī píng xiǎn shì

always-on display (AOD)

喷鼻息
pēn bí xī

to snort

月息
yuè xī

monthly interest

消息
xiāo xi

news

𥆧息
shùn xī

in a flash

息屏
xī píng

to turn off the screen

息烽县
xī fēng xiàn

Xifeng county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[guì yáng], Guizhou

息事宁人
xī shì níng rén

to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)

出息
chū xi

future prospects

升息
shēng xī

to raise interest rates

安息茴香
ān xī huí xiāng

see 孜然[zī rán], cumin

利息
lì xī

interest (on a loan)

息怒
xī nù

to calm down

自强不息
zì qiáng bù xī

to strive unremittingly

将息
jiāng xī

(literary) to rest

窒息性毒剂
zhì xī xìng dú jì

choking agent

余怒未息
yú nù wèi xī

to be still angry

讯息原
xùn xī yuán

information source

有息
yǒu xī

interest-bearing (bank account)

息烽
xī fēng

Xifeng county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[guì yáng], Guizhou

安息国
ān xī guó

Parthia

休息
xiū xi

rest

声息
shēng xī

sound (often with negative, not a sound)

信息论
xìn xī lùn

information theory

息县
xī xiàn

Xi county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

安息香属
ān xī xiāng shǔ

Styrax (tree genus)

全息
quán xī

holographic

经久不息
jīng jiǔ bù xī

prolonged (applause, cheering etc)

中国人权民运信息中心
zhōng guó rén quán mín yùn xìn xī zhōng xīn

Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong

偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ

lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease

信息图形
xìn xī tú xíng

infographic

作息时间表
zuò xī shí jiān biǎo

daily schedule

息争
xī zhēng

to settle a dispute

安息
ān xī

to rest; to go to sleep

信息学
xìn xī xué

information science

鼻息
bí xī

breath

仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī

to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living

瞬息之间
shùn xī zhī jiān

in the wink of an eye

与时消息
yǔ shí xiāo xi

variable with the times

小道消息
xiǎo dào xiāo xi

hearsay

信息图
xìn xī tú

infographic

无声无息
wú shēng wú xī

wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking

息肩
xī jiān

(literary) to put down one's burden

信息茧房
xìn xī jiǎn fáng

(Internet) echo chamber

生生不息
shēng shēng bù xī

to grow and multiply without end

入息
rù xī

income (Hong Kong)

栖息
qī xī

(of a bird) to perch

歇息
xiē xi

to have a rest

安息香科
ān xī xiāng kē

Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin

姑息
gū xī

excessively tolerant

起居作息
qǐ jū zuò xī

lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom)

信息化
xìn xī huà

informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)

参考消息
cān kǎo xiāo xī

Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)

遗传信息
yí chuán xìn xī

genetic information

减息
jiǎn xī

to lower the interest rate

止息
zhǐ xī

to cease

走漏消息
zǒu lòu xiāo xi

to divulge secrets

姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān

to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child

化学信息素
huà xué xìn xī sù

semiochemical

休养生息
xiū yǎng shēng xī

to recover

即时消息
jí shí xiāo xi

instant message

姑息遗患
gū xī yí huàn

to tolerate is to abet

栖息地
qī xī dì

habitat

安息香脂
ān xī xiāng zhī

benzoinum

信息系统
xìn xī xì tǒng

information system

作息时间
zuò xī shí jiān

daily schedule

平息
píng xī

to settle (a dispute)

川流不息
chuān liú bù xī

the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow

鼻息肉
bí xī ròu

nasal polyp

日出而作,日入而息
rì chū ér zuò , rì rù ér xī

lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb)

年息
nián xī

annual interest

信息时代
xìn xī shí dài

information age

生息
shēng xī

to inhabit

出息
chū xī

to yield interest, profit etc