= xi + Ø1
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
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How to pronounce 息

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

息 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
xīn = xi + (e)n1
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
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= z + Ø4
self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely
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Characters with 息 as component

= xi + Ø1
to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
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= xi + Ø2
daughter-in-law
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= xi + Ø1
(intestinal worm)
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Words with 息

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news / information / CL:條|条[tiao2]
rest / to rest
information / news / message

Sentences with 息

dài
ǎn
kàn
 
 
xiē
xi
ba

Want to remember 息 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

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