平息

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad. (平息)		平	息

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): píngxī, píngxí

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ sik¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phìn-sit
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pêng-siak / pêng-sek / pêng-sit

(Teochew, Peng'im): pêng⁵ sêg⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píngxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: píngsi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻing²-hsi¹
  - Yale: píng-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngshi
  - Palladius: пинси (pinsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píngxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: píngsí
  - Wade–Giles: pʻing²-hsi²
  - Yale: píng-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngshyi
  - Palladius: пинси (pinsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ping⁴ sik¹
  - Yale: pìhng sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn-sit
  - Hakka Romanization System: pinˇ xid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pin² xid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹ sit̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-siak
  - Tâi-lô: pîng-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pengsiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-sek
  - Tâi-lô: pîng-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pengseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-sit
  - Tâi-lô: pîng-sit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pengsid
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² sit̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pêng⁵ sêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phêng sek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/

Verb

平息

to calm down; to subside
to put down; to suppress

Synonyms

(to calm down): 平定 (píngdìng)
(to put down):

安定 (āndìng)
安撫／安抚 (ānfǔ)
安放 (ānfàng) (literary)
安靖 (ānjìng) (literary)
平定 (píngdìng)
鎮撫／镇抚 (zhènfǔ) (literary)