| 参考消息 | Cān kǎo Xiāo xī | Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper) |
| 喘息 | chuǎn xī | to gasp for breath; to take a breather |
| 喷鼻息 | pēn bí xī | to snort |
| 姑息 | gū xī | excessively tolerant; to indulge; to appease |
| 姑息遗患 | gū xī yí huàn | to tolerate is to abet |
| 姑息养奸 | gū xī yǎng jiān | to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child |
| 安息国 | Ān xī guó | Parthia |
| 安息日 | ān xī rì | Sabbath |
| 安息茴香 | ān xī huí xiāng | see 孜然, cumin |
| 安息香 | ān xī xiāng | Styrax officinalis or Styrax benzoin; benzoin resin, used in traditional Chinese medicine |
| 安息香属 | ān xī xiāng shǔ | Styrax (tree genus); snowdrop; benzoin |
| 安息香科 | ān xī xiāng kē | Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin |
| 安息香脂 | ān xī xiāng zhī | benzoinum; benzoin resin, used in traditional Chinese medicine |
| 屏息 | bǐng xī | hold one's breath |
| 年息 | nián xī | annual interest |
| 息事宁人 | xī shì níng rén | to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom) |
| 息峰县 | Xī fēng xiàn | Xifeng county in Guizhou |
| 息怒 | xī nù | calm down; stop being angry |
| 息息相关 | xī xī xiāng guān | closely bound up (idiom); intimately related |
| 息烽 | Xī fēng | Xifeng county in Guiyang 贵阳, Guizhou |
| 息烽县 | Xī fēng xiàn | Xifeng county in Guiyang 贵阳, Guizhou |
| 息争和好 | xī zhēng hé hǎo | lit. break of a struggle and become reconciled; to bury the hatchet (idiom) |
| 息率 | xī lǜ | interest rate |
| 息票 | xī piào | interest coupon; dividend coupon |
| 息县 | Xī xiàn | Xi county in Xinyang 信阳, Henan |
| 悄无声息 | qiāo wú shēng xī | quietly; noiselessly |
| 憩息处 | qì xī chù | rest area |
| 拆息 | chāi xī | daily interest on a loan |
| 暂息 | zàn xī | a lull (in the storm); brief break (in rain) |
| 月息 | yuè xī | monthly interest |
| 有息 | yǒu xī | interest-bearing (bank account) |
| 本息 | běn xì | principal and interest (on a loan) |
| 杳无消息 | yǎo wú xiāo xī | see 杳无音信 |
| 栖息地 | qī xī dì | habitat |
| 消息来源 | xiāo xi lái yuán | web feed; news feed; syndicated feed |
| 消息灵通 | xiāo xi líng tōng | to be well-informed |
| 消息灵通人士 | xiāo xī líng tōng rén shì | a well-informed source; a person with inside information |
| 减息 | jiǎn xī | to lower interest rate (esp. of central bank) |
| 无声无息 | wú shēng wú xī | wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking; taciturn; not providing any news |
生命不息，
战斗不止 | shēng mìng bù xī ,
zhàn dòu bù zhǐ | while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last |
| 瞬息之间 | shùn xī zhī jiān | in the wink of an eye; in a flash |
| 瞬息万变 | shùn xī wàn biàn | in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change |
| 稍息 | shào xī | Stand at ease! (military) |
| 窒息性毒剂 | zhì xī xìng dú jì | choking agent |
| 管理信息库 | guǎn lǐ xìn xī kù | Management Information Base; MIB |
| 缕息仅存 | lǚ xī jǐn cún | one’s life hangs by a thread (idiom) |
| 脉息 | mài xī | pulse |
| 自强不息 | zì qiáng bù xī | to strive unremittingly; self-improvement |
| 与时消息 | yǔ shí xiāo xi | variable with the times; transient; impermanent |
| 表面信息 | biǎo miàn xìn xī | surface information |
