作息 (zuòxī) means To work and rest †. Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的 作息 很有规律。
Tā de zuòxī hěn yǒu guīlǜ.
His routine of work and rest is very regular.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 作息
学校公布了新的 作息 时间。
Xuéxiào gōngbù le xīn de zuòxī shíjiān.
The school announced a new daily timetable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 作息
他每天有固定的 作息 。
Tā měi tiān yǒu gùdìng de zuòxī.
He keeps a fixed daily routine.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 固定
学校实行了新的 作息 时间。
Xuéxiào shíxíng le xīn de zuòxī shíjiān.
The school has brought in a new timetable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 实行
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How is 作息 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 作息 (zuòxī, "To work and rest †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 作息 an HSK word?
Yes — 作息 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 作息?
The dictionary page for 作息 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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