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Meanings
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- 1.breath
- 2.news
- 3.interest (on an investment or loan)
- 4.to cease
- 5.to stop
- 6.to rest
- 7.Taiwan pr. [xí]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to breathe; to pant
- 2.to sigh; to blow
- 3.to stop; to subside; to cease
- 4.to put a stop to; to stop
- 5.to rest; to have a rest
- 6.to grow; to develop
- 7.to calm down; to appease
- 8.breath; life
- 9.one's own children
- 10.interest; dividends
- 11.message; news
- 12.great-grandchild (Classifier: 個／个 c)
- 13.to extinguish (light or fire); to go out
- 14.to turn off; to switch off
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 自 (“nose”) + 心 (“heart”) – to breathe (life) through one’s nose. Note that 自 originally meant “nose” and was later borrowed for “self”. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sək (“breath; life; to breathe”). Cognate with Jingpho sa' (“to breathe”), Burmese အသက် (a.sak).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
請給我們更多訊息。
Please send us more information.
他收集了一些訊息。
He collected bits of information.
我要更多詳細的訊息。
I want more detailed information.
你有一個緊急的訊息。
There is an urgent message for you.
有任何給我的訊息嗎？
Are there any messages for me?
那魚棲息在淡水域中。
That fish lives in fresh water.
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Derived terms
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