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休

xiū

HSK 2 Character

What 休 means

1. to rest
2. to stop doing sth for a period of time
3. to cease
4. (imperative) don't

Other readings

休 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xiūsurname Xiu

Example sentences

• 休息好吗？
  Did you have a good rest?
• 我退休了。
  I'm retired.
• 我在休息。
  I'm resting.
• 休息一下。
  Relax a moment.
• 我在休假。
  I've been on vacation.
• 你想休息吗？
  Do you feel like resting?

Words starting with 休

• 休息xiū xirest; to rest
• 休闲xiū xiánleisure; relaxation; not working
• 休养xiū yǎngto recuperate; to recover; to convalesce
• 休假xiū jiàto go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
• 休息室xiū xī shìlobby; lounge
• 休想xiū xiǎngdon't think (that); don't imagine (that)
• 休克xiū kè(medicine; loanword) shock; to go into shock
• 休整xiū zhěngto rest and reorganize (military)
• 休学xiū xuéto suspend schooling; to defer study
• 休斯敦Xiū sī dūnHouston, Texas
• 休斯顿Xiū sī dùnHouston, Texas
• 休憩xiū qìto rest; to relax; to take a break
• 休眠xiū mián(biology) dormant; (of a volcano) dormant; (computing) to hibernate
• 休市xiū shìto close the market (for a holiday or overnight etc)
• 休庭xiū tíngto adjourn (law)
• 休战xiū zhànarmistice
• 休会xiū huìto adjourn
• 休止xiū zhǐto stop
• 休班xiū bānto be off duty
• 休达Xiū dáCeuta, autonomous city of Spain on the northern coast of Africa, bordering Morocco
• 休伊特Xiū yī tè(surname) Hewitt
• 休士顿Xiū shì dùn(Taiwan) Houston, Texas
• 休旅车xiū lǚ chēsport utility vehicle (SUV)
• 休止符xiū zhǐ fúrest (music)

Words containing 休

• 退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
• 不休bù xiūendlessly; ceaselessly
• 双休日shuāng xiū rìtwo-day weekend
• 罢休bà xiūto give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go
• 午休wǔ xiūnoon break; lunch break; lunchtime nap
• 喋喋不休dié dié bù xiū(idiom) to chatter endlessly; to talk nonstop
• 退休金tuì xiū jīnretirement pension; pension payments received after retirement
• 离休lí xiūto retire; to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)
• 无休无止wú xiū wú zhǐceaseless; endless (idiom)
• 且休qiě xiūrest for now; stop (usually imperative form)
• 全休quán xiūcomplete rest (after an illness)
• 公休gōng xiūto have a public holiday; to have an official holiday…
• 干休gān xiūto let matters rest
• 病休bìng xiūto be on sick leave
• 补休bǔ xiūto take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays)…
• 调休tiáo xiūto compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday…
• 轮休lún xiūto take holidays in rotation; to stagger employees' days off…
• 双休shuāng xiūtwo-day weekend (abbr. for 双休日
• 介休市Jiè xiū ShìJiexiu, a county-level city in Jinzhong City 晋中市
• 公休日gōng xiū rìpublic holiday
• 不死不休bù sǐ bù xiūto fight to one's last gasp
• 摩加迪休Mó jiā dí xiūMogadishu, capital of Somalia (Tw)
• 公共休息室gōng gòng xiū xī shìshared lounge; common room
• 倒休dǎo xiūto shift holidays, taking a weekday off

Characters built on 木

These share the phonetic component 木 (mù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 柳liǔwillow
• 榴liúpomegranate
• 朽xiǔrotten
• 柩jiùbier
• 楸qiūCatalpa; Mallotus japonicus
• 桕jiùTallow tree; Sapium sebiferum
• 樛jiūto hang down

Characters that look like 休

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 体tǐbody; form; style
• 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 帐zhàng(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy; variant of 账
• 沐mùto bathe; to cleanse; to receive

Sounds the same

Read xiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 修to decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 羞shy; ashamed; shame
• 咻call out; jeer
• 馐delicacies
• 脩dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting…
• 庥protection; shade
• 髹red lacquer; to lacquer
• 鸺used in 鸺鹠
• 茠to weed; to eradicate
• 貅see 貔貅