| 生息 |
shēng xī |
to inhabit / to live (in a habitat) |
| 生 |
shēng |
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 |
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2] |