平息
píng​xī HSK7

to subside

平息 píng​xī
to subside verb
To quiet down, die down, or subside, used of wind, waves, or situations

恐慌已经平息。

kǒng​huāng yǐ​jing píng​xī.

The panic has subsided.

to quell verb
To put down, suppress, or pacify a rebellion, dispute, or strong emotion; to smooth things over

我只是需要一些东西来平息我的紧张情绪。

wǒ zhǐ​shì xū​yào yī​xiē dōng​xi lái píng​xī wǒ​de jǐn​zhāng qíng​xù.

I just need something to calm my nerves.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
4.23 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
6.10 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)