# 止息
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǐxī, zhǐxí
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄓˇ ㄒㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$ sik$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-siak / chí-sek / chí-sit
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐxī
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhsi
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^3$-hsi$^1$
*** Yale: jř-syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshi
*** Palladius: чжиси (čžisi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐxí
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄒㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhsí
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^3$-hsi$^2$
*** Yale: jř-syí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshyi
*** Palladius: чжиси (čžisi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: jí sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$止息 紫色
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-siak
*** Tâi-lô: tsí-siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cysiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-sek
*** Tâi-lô: tsí-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cyseg
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-sit
*** Tâi-lô: tsí-sit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cysid
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: tsyiX sik
Rime :
| Character | 止 | 息 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 諸市切 | 相即切 |
| Baxter | tsyiX | sik |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨ$^X$/ | /sɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕɨ$^X$/ | /sɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕie$^X$/ | /siek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cɨ$^X$/ | /sik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiə$^X$/ | /siək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭə$^X$/ | /sĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi$^X$/ | /si̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhǐ | xi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^2$ | sik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*təʔ sək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kjɯʔ slɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 止 | 息 | 息 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhǐ | xī | xī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyi$^X$ › | ‹ sik › | ‹ sik › |
| Old Chinese | /*təʔ/ | /*sək/ | /*sək/ |
| English | foot; stop | breathe | 安息 Ānxī (Iranian country in the western regions, W. Hàn; from Aršaka = Arsaces, founder of the Arsacid dynasty) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 止 | 息 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 17297 | 13332 |
| Phonetic component | 止 | 息 |
| Rime group | 之 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 止 | 息 |
| Old Chinese | /*kjɯʔ/ | /*slɯɡ/ |
| Notes | 趾初文 | 說文自亦聲 |

### Verb

止息
* to stop; to cease

#### Synonyms

* 中斷／中断 (zhōngduàn)
* 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
* 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
* 停 (tíng)
* 停歇 (tíngxiē)
* 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
* 夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
* 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
* 放煞 (Min Nan)
* 斷站／断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 斷節／断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
* 歇 (xiē)
* 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 瀦／潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 煞 (Hokkien)
* 煞手 (Hokkien)
* 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
* 終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
* 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
* 罷／罢
* 罷休／罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
* 罷手／罢手 (bàshǒu)
* 間斷／间断
* 須／须 (xū) (literary)
* 頓／顿