息
xī HSK1

breathe, rest

息 xī
cease verb
to stop, come to an end, or take a rest

大雨昼夜不息地下着，庄稼都淹了。

dà​yǔ zhòu​yè bù xī de xià zhe, zhuāng​jia dōu yān le.

The heavy rain fell incessantly day and night, flooding the crops.

interest noun
interest paid on a loan or earned on an investment

银行每半年结算一次利息。

yín​háng měi bàn nián jié​suàn yī cì lì xī.

The bank settles interest every six months.

breath idiom
the act of breathing or a single respiration

生命垂危之际，他只剩下一息尚存。

shēng​mìng chuí​wēi zhī​jì, tā zhǐ shèng​xià yī xī shàng​cún.

On the brink of death, he had only a faint breath of life left.

news noun
information or news regarding a person or event

我至今还没有收到他的消息。

wǒ zhì​jīn hái méi​yǒu shōu​dào tā de xiāo​xi.

I haven't heard from him yet.

Frequency
Character
Written text
428th most common 508.8 per million
Movie subtitles
367th most common 407.9 per million appears in 83% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.47 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
45.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+606F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)