| 起居作息 |
qǐ jū zuò xī |
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life |
| 起 |
qǐ |
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 起居 |
qǐ jū |
everyday life / regular pattern of life |
| 居 |
Jū |
surname Ju |
| 居 |
jī |
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude |
| 居 |
jū |
(literary) to reside; to live / (bound form) to occupy (a position) / (literary) to store up / (literary) to remain; to stay / (bound form) residence; dwelling / (bound form) used in names of restaurants |
| 作 |
zuō |
(bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |
| 作 |
zuò |
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works |
| 作息 |
zuò xī |
to work and rest |
| 息 |
xī |
(bound form) breath / (bound form) to cease; to stop / (bound form) to rest / (bound form) news / (bound form) interest (on money) / (bound form) to grow; to multiply / (literary) one's child / Taiwan pr. [xi2] |