止息

Chinese

		to stop; prohibit; till	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad. (止息)		止	息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐxī, zhǐxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄓˇ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-siak / chí-sek / chí-sit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhsi
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-hsi¹
    • Yale: jř-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshi
    • Palladius: чжиси (čžisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhsí
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-hsi²
    • Yale: jř-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshyi
    • Palladius: чжиси (čžisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi² sik¹
    • Yale: jí sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 止息 紫色

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-siak
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cysiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-sit
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cysid
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyiX sik

Rime
Character	止	息
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	諸市切	相即切
Baxter	tsyiX	sik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨX/	/sɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕɨX/	/sɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕieX/	/siek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨX/	/sik̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəX/	/siək̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭəX/	/sĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiX/	/si̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*təʔ  sək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjɯʔ  slɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	止	息	息
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǐ	xī	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyiX ›	‹ sik ›	‹ sik ›
Old Chinese	/*təʔ/	/*sək/	/*sək/
English	foot; stop	breathe	安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	止	息
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17297	13332
Phonetic component	止	息
Rime group	之	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	止	息
Old Chinese	/*kjɯʔ/	/*slɯɡ/
Notes	趾初文	說文自亦聲

Verb

止息

1. to stop; to cease

Synonyms

• 中斷／中断 (zhōngduàn)
• 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
• 停 (tíng)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
• 夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
• 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
• 放煞 (Min Nan)
• 斷站／断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 斷節／断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
• 歇 (xiē)
• 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 瀦／潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 煞 (Hokkien)
• 煞手 (Hokkien)
• 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
• 終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
• 罷／罢
• 罷休／罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
• 罷手／罢手 (bàshǒu)
• 間斷／间断
• 須／须 (xū) (literary)
• 頓／顿