加息

Chinese

		to add; plus	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad. (加息)		加	息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāxī, jiāxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧ, ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiasi
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: jyā-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiashi
    • Palladius: цзяси (czjasi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiasí
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-hsi²
    • Yale: jyā-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiashyi
    • Palladius: цзяси (czjasi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ sik¹
    • Yale: gā sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Verb

加息

1. to raise the interest rate

Synonyms

• 增息 (zēngxī)

Antonyms

• 減息／减息 (jiǎnxī)
• 降息 (jiàngxī)