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出息

Mandarin · pinyin chū xī#

to yield interest, profit etc
to exhale (Buddhism)

Mandarin · pinyin chū xi#

future prospects
profit
to mature
to grow up

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出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
息: xī · rest, put stop to, end, cease

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1–1 · chu1 xi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceot1 sik1

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noun

prospects (of a person); promise; future

adj

(colloquial) having prospects (of a person); holding promise

verb

to progress; to improve

noun

(Buddhism) exhaled breath
yielded profit; harvest

verb

(Hakka) to sprout; to bud

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