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歇息 meaning in English

xiēxi

to have a rest; to stay for the night

23 strokes

Meaning of 歇息

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiēxi
  1. to have a rest
  2. to stay for the night
  3. to go to bed
  4. to sleep

歇息 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ看kàn起qǐ来lái累lèi了le。你nǐ该gāi歇xiē息xī一yī会huì儿er了le。
You look tired. You should rest a little.

Stroke order for each character

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歇 xiē · to rest · 13 strokes

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息 xī · to end · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 歇息.

休息xiūxirest; to rest
信息xìnxīinformation; news; message
消息xiāoxi(piece of) news; information; message
利息lìxīinterest (on a loan)
窒息zhìxīto choke; to stifle
气息qìxībreath; smell
平息píngxī(of wind etc) to subside; to die down; to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc)
喘息chuǎnxīto gasp for breath; to take a breather
出息chūxito yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism)
息息相关xīxī-xiāngguānclosely bound up (idiom); intimately related
川流不息chuānliú-bùxīthe stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
经久不息jīngjiǔ-bùxī(idiom) prolonged (applause, cheering etc)

Questions about 歇息

What does 歇息 mean?

歇息 (xiēxi) means "to have a rest; to stay for the night".

How do you write 歇息?

歇息 is made of 2 characters: 歇 (13 strokes), 息 (10 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.