憩息

Chinese

		to rest	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (憩息)		憩	息
simp. #(憩息)		憩	息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìxī, qìxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìsi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-hsi¹
    • Yale: chì-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshi
    • Palladius: циси (cisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 憩息 氣息／气息

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìsí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-hsi²
    • Yale: chì-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshyi
    • Palladius: циси (cisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 憩息 氣息／气息

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei³ sik¹
    • Yale: hei sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 器識／器识 憩息 氣息／气息 氣色／气色

Verb

憩息

1. (literary) to rest; to take a break

Synonyms

• 休息
• 休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 停睏／停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 喘氣／喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to take a breather)
• 安息 (ānxī)
• 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 敨 (tau²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 歇 (xiē)
• 歇喘 (Hokkien, to take a breather)
• 歇息 (xiēxi)
• 歇氣／歇气 (xiēqì) (to take a breather)
• 歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 歇睏／歇困 (Hakka, Hokkien)