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生息

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
生息 shēngxī	生息 \| 生息* \| *生息	to inhabit / to live (in a habitat)

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
生	生 \| 生* \| *生	5画生 + 0	shēng	life, living, lifetime; birth	sang1	2510.0 HQM


息	息 \| 息* \| *息	10画心忄 + 6	xī	rest, put stop to, end, cease	sik1	2633.0 HUP

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
生息 shēngxī	生息 \| 生息* \| *生息	to inhabit / to live (in a habitat)


生 shēng	生 \| 生* \| *生	to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)


息　xī	息 \| 息* \| *息	breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]