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休养

xiū yǎng

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 休養

What 休养 means

1. to recuperate
2. to recover
3. to convalesce

The characters in 休养

• 休xiūto rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease
• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)

Example sentences

• 我只想休养。
  I just want to rest.

Words starting with 休养

• 休养生息xiū yǎng shēng xīto recover; to recuperate

Sounds the same

Read xiū yǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 修养accomplishment; training; self-cultivation