Rest in peace.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
安息
to rest; to go to sleep
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to rest; to go to sleep
02
to rest in peace
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 安息 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 安息 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Peace to his ashes!
May your soul rest in peace.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 安息.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 安息.
Directly before
- 他安息1
- 在天之灵安息1
Directly after
- 安息吧1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 安息
What does 安息 mean in Chinese?
安息 (ānxī) means to rest; to go to sleep.
How do you pronounce 安息?
安息 is pronounced ānxī.
Is 安息 an HSK word?
安息 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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