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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]

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Words Containing 息

休息
xiū xi

rest

作息
zuò xī

to work and rest

信息
xìn xī

information

出息
chū xī

to yield interest, profit etc

出息
chū xi

future prospects

利息
lì xī

interest (on a loan)

喘息
chuǎn xī

to gasp for breath

川流不息
chuān liú bù xī

the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow

平息
píng xī

to settle (a dispute)

息息相关
xī xī xiāng guān

closely bound up (idiom); intimately related

气息
qì xī

breath

消息
xiāo xi

news

窒息
zhì xī

to choke

经久不息
jīng jiǔ bù xī

prolonged (applause, cheering etc)

自强不息
zì qiáng bù xī

to strive unremittingly

不息
bù xī

continually

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

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)

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

休息室
xiū xī shì

lobby

休养生息
xiū yǎng shēng xī

to recover

低息
dī xī

low-interest

作息时间
zuò xī shí jiān

daily schedule

作息时间表
zuò xī shí jiān biǎo

daily schedule

信息化
xìn xī huà

informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)

信息图
xìn xī tú

infographic

信息图形
xìn xī tú xíng

infographic

信息学
xìn xī xué

information science

信息技术
xìn xī jì shù

information technology

信息时代
xìn xī shí dài

information age

信息管理
xìn xī guǎn lǐ

information management

信息系统
xìn xī xì tǒng

information system

信息素
xìn xī sù

pheromone

信息茧房
xìn xī jiǎn fáng

(Internet) echo chamber

信息与通讯技术
xìn xī yǔ tōng xùn jì shù

information and communication technology, ICT

信息论
xìn xī lùn

information theory

信息灵通
xìn xi líng tōng

see 消息靈通|消息灵通[xiāo xi líng tōng]

偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ

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

停息
tíng xī

to stop

入息
rù xī

income (Hong Kong)

内线消息
nèi xiàn xiāo xi

insider information

全息
quán xī

holographic

公共休息室
gōng gòng xiū xī shì

shared lounge; common room

出错信息
chū cuò xìn xī

error message (computing)

利息率
lì xi lǜ

interest rate

加息
jiā xī

to raise interest rates

化学信息素
huà xué xìn xī sù

semiochemical

升息
shēng xī

to raise interest rates

即时消息
jí shí xiāo xi

instant message

参考消息
cān kǎo xiāo xī

Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)

叹息
tàn xī

to sigh; to gasp (in admiration)

喷鼻息
pēn bí xī

to snort

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)

奄奄一息
yǎn yǎn yī xī

dying

姑息
gū xī

excessively tolerant

姑息遗患
gū xī yí huàn

to tolerate is to abet

姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān

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

孳息
zī xī

interest (from an investment, esp. an endowment)

安息
ān xī

to rest; to go to sleep

安息国
ān xī guó

Parthia

安息日
ān xī rì

Sabbath

安息茴香
ān xī huí xiāng

see 孜然[zī rán], cumin

安息香
ān xī xiāng

Styrax officinalis or Styrax benzoin

安息香属
ān xī xiāng shǔ

Styrax (tree genus)

安息香科
ān xī xiāng kē

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

安息香脂
ān xī xiāng zhī

benzoinum

将息
jiāng xī

(literary) to rest

小道消息
xiǎo dào xiāo xi

hearsay

年息
nián xī

annual interest

息事宁人
xī shì níng rén

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

息屏
xī píng

to turn off the screen

息屏显示
xī píng xiǎn shì

always-on display (AOD)

息怒
xī nù

to calm down

息烽
xī fēng

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

息烽县
xī fēng xiàn

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

息争
xī zhēng

to settle a dispute

息率
xī lǜ

interest rate

息票
xī piào

interest coupon

息县
xī xiàn

Xi county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

息肉
xī ròu

(medicine) polyp

息肩
xī jiān

(literary) to put down one's burden

悄无声息
qiǎo wú shēng xī

quietly

憩息处
qì xī chù

rest area

拆息
chāi xī

daily interest on a loan

扑热息痛
pū rè xī tòng

paracetamol (loanword)

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)

暂息
zàn xī

a lull (in the storm)

月息
yuè xī

monthly interest

有息
yǒu xī

interest-bearing (bank account)

本息
běn xī

principal and interest (on a loan)

杳无消息
yǎo wú xiāo xī

see 杳無音信|杳无音信[yǎo wú yīn xìn]

栖息
qī xī

(of a bird) to perch

栖息地
qī xī dì

habitat

歇息
xiē xi

to have a rest

止息
zhǐ xī

to cease

气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn

to have only a breath of life (idiom)

消息来源
xiāo xi lái yuán

web feed

消息队列
xiāo xi duì liè

message queue (computing)

消息灵通
xiāo xi líng tōng

to be well-informed

消息灵通人士
xiāo xi líng tōng rén shì

well-informed source; person with inside information

减息
jiǎn xī

to lower the interest rate

无声无息
wú shēng wú xī

wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking

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

生息
shēng xī

to inhabit

生生不息
shēng shēng bù xī

to grow and multiply without end

𥆧息
shùn xī

in a flash

瞬息
shùn xī

in a flash

瞬息之间
shùn xī zhī jiān

in the wink of an eye

瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn

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

稍息
shào xī

Stand at ease! (military)

窒息性毒剂
zhì xī xìng dú jì

choking agent

管理信息库
guǎn lǐ xìn xī kù

Management Information Base

声息
shēng xī

sound (often with negative, not a sound)

股息
gǔ xī

dividend

脉息
mài xī

pulse

与时消息
yǔ shí xiāo xi

variable with the times

讯息
xùn xī

information

讯息原
xùn xī yuán

information source

贴息
tiē xī

to discount the interest on a bill of exchange

走漏消息
zǒu lòu xiāo xi

to divulge secrets

起居作息
qǐ jū zuò xī

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

遗传信息
yí chuán xìn xī

genetic information

降息
jiàng xī

to lower interest rates

头信息
tóu xìn xī

header (computing)

余怒未息
yú nù wèi xī

to be still angry

首席信息官
shǒu xí xìn xī guān

chief information officer (CIO)

鼻息
bí xī

breath

鼻息肉
bí xī ròu

nasal polyp