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

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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    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/
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    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:
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    器識 / 器识
    憩息
    氣息 / 气息
    氣色 / 气色

Verb

憩息

(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)
小歇 (Hokkien)
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)