HSK 6 · Time

作息 zuòxī “work and rest” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 作息 means

  1. work and rest
  2. daily routine

How to say 作息

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale作zuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale息xī1st tone, high and level

作息 in a sentence

  1. 放假的时候也要注意作息。

    Fàngjià de shíhou yě yào zhùyì zuòxī.

    Even on holiday, try to keep a regular routine.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他的作息很有规律。

    Tā de zuòxī hěn yǒu guīlǜ.

    He keeps a very regular daily routine.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 作息 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 作 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
作zuòto do; to engage in
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 乍first time · zhà

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 乍 (zhà) for the sound: to make, to do.

The character 息 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
息xībreath
  • 自self · zì
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 作息

作 7 strokes · 息 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

作息 (zuòxī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 作息 (zuòxī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 作息

Words with 作

工作gōngzuò · to work作业zuòyè · school assignment工作日gōngzuòrì · working day作者zuòzhě · author作家zuòjiā · writer动作dòngzuò · movement作用zuòyòng · effect制作zhìzuò · to make写作xiězuò · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay

Words with 息

休息xiūxi · to rest消息xiāoxi · news信息xìnxī · information利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)出息chūxi · promise川流不息chuānliúbùxī · flowing in an endless stream (of people or traffic)

More words: Time & Sequence

以后yǐhòu · after傍晚bàngwǎn · dusk曾经céngjīng · once迟早chízǎo · sooner or later周年zhōunián · anniversary周期zhōuqī · cycle昼夜zhòuyè · day and night逐年zhúnián · year after year

FAQs

作息 (zuòxī) means “work and rest” or “daily routine”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zuòxī: zuò with a 4th tone, then xī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 作息 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuoxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 作息 from the suggestions. Typing zuoxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
作息 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.