消息
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
消息 (xiāoxi) · news
消息 (xiāoxi) means “news; information; message”. It is written with 2 characters: 消 (news) + 息 (rest). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 消息 is built
The characters
消 xiāo · news
What 消 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 肖xiào — to resemble
- ⺌ — structural part
- ⺼ — meat
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 肖 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
息 xī · rest
What 息 is made of
- 自zì — self
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 二 — two strokes
- 目mù — eye
- 心xīn — heart
Origin hint: To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我有一个好消息。Wǒ yǒu yī gè hǎo xiāoxi.I have some good news.
你有他的消息吗？Nǐ yǒu tā de xiāoxi ma?Have you heard any news from him?
Questions about 消息
What does 消息 mean?
消息 (xiāoxi) means “news; information; message”.
How do you pronounce 消息?
消息 is pronounced xiāoxi.
Which HSK level is 消息?
消息 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 取消qǔxiāoto cancel
- 消费xiāofèito spend
- 消失xiāoshīto disappear
- 消化xiāohuàto digest
- 消极xiāojínegative
- 消除xiāochúto remove
- 消毒xiāodúto disinfect
- 消防xiāofángfirefighting
- 消耗xiāohàoto consume
- 消灭xiāomièto wipe out
Learn 消息 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 11: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.