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): ㄧ ㄒㄧ, ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-sit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxī [Phonetic: yìxī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: yī-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishi
    • Palladius: иси (isi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxí [Phonetic: yìxí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisí
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsi²
    • Yale: yī-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyi
    • Palladius: иси (isi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sit
    • Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ xid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ xid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² sit̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-sit
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ xid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ xid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² sit̚²/

Noun

一息

1. (literary, literally) one breath

Derived terms

• 一息奄奄
• 一息尚存 (yīxīshàngcún)
• 奄奄一息
• 淹淹一息

Adverb

一息

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

Verb

一息

1. (literary, figuratively) to have a rest

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çito̞ikʲi]
• (Tokyo) ひといき [hìtóꜜìkì] (Nakadaka – [2])

Noun

一(ひと)息(いき) • (hitoiki) 

1. a (single) breath
2. (in) one go, one sitting

   Synonym: 一(いっ)気(き) (ikki)

   本(ほん)を一(ひと)息(いき)に読(よ)み通(とお)す ― hon o hitoiki ni yomitōsu ― to read a book cover to cover in one sitting