一息

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad. (一息)		一	息

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīxī, yīxí

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄒㄧ, ㄧㄒㄧˊ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-sit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīxī [Phonetic: yìxī]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishi
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīxí [Phonetic: yìxí]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄒㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyi
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sit
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` xid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ xid⁵
  - IPA: /it̚² ɕit̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sit
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` xid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ xid⁵
  - IPA: /(j)it̚² ɕit̚²/

Noun

一息

(literary, literally) one breath

Derived terms

一息奄奄
一息尚存 (yīxīshàngcún)

奄奄一息 (yǎnyǎnyīxī)
淹淹一息

Adverb

一息

(literary, figuratively) in one breath; in a short moment

Verb

一息

(literary, figuratively) to have a rest

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	息
ひと Grade: 1	いき Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ひといき [hìtóꜜìkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA^(key): [çito̞ikʲi]

Noun

一息 (hiragana ひといき, rōmaji hitoiki)

a (single) breath

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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