栖息 meaning in English
(of a bird) to perch; (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
Traditional 棲息20 strokes
Meaning of 栖息
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
qīxī
- (of a bird) to perch
- (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
栖息 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
那鱼栖息在淡水域中。
That fish lives in fresh water.
蓝色的鸟栖息在树枝上，兴致昂扬地唱着歌。
The blue bird is perched on a branch, singing cheerfully.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
栖 qī · perch · 10 strokes
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息 xī · to end · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 栖息.
| 休息 | xiūxi | rest; to rest |
| 信息 | xìnxī | information; news; message |
| 消息 | xiāoxi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 利息 | lìxī | interest (on a loan) |
| 窒息 | zhìxī | to choke; to stifle |
| 气息 | qìxī | breath; smell |
| 平息 | píngxī | (of wind etc) to subside; to die down; to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc) |
| 喘息 | chuǎnxī | to gasp for breath; to take a breather |
| 出息 | chūxi | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) |
| 息息相关 | xīxī-xiāngguān | closely bound up (idiom); intimately related |
| 两栖 | liǎngqī | amphibious; dual-talented |
| 川流不息 | chuānliú-bùxī | the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow |
Questions about 栖息
What does 栖息 mean?
栖息 (qīxī) means "(of a bird) to perch; (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell".
How do you write 栖息?
栖息 is made of 2 characters: 栖 (10 strokes), 息 (10 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.
How is 栖息 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 栖息 is written 棲息.