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歇

xiē

HSK 5 Character

What 歇 means

1. to rest
2. to take a break
3. to stop
4. to halt
5. dialectto sleep
6. a moment
7. a short while

Example sentences

• 我想让你歇歇。
  I want you to take a break.
• 你看起来累了。你该歇息一会儿了。
  Nǐ kànqǐlai lèi le. Nǐ gāi xiēxi yīhuìr le.
  You look tired. You should rest a little.
• 因为天气很热，所以我就走到阴凉的地方歇了一会儿。
  Yīnwèi tiānqì hěn rè, suǒyǐ wǒ jiù zǒu dào yīnliáng de dìfang xiē le yīhuìr.
  It was so hot that I got into the shade and took a rest.
• “迈克尔”是一个男名，但是“米歇尔”是一个女名。
  "Màikè'ěr " shì yī gè nán míng, dànshì "Mǐxiē'ěr " shì yī gè nǚ míng.
  "Michael" is a man's name, but "Michelle" is a woman's name.
• 每一天都是一生；每一次起床醒来都是次微小的新生，每个清新的早晨都带着点青春，每次歇息和睡眠都是次小小的死亡。
  Měi yī tiān dōu shì yīshēng; měi yīcì qǐchuáng xǐnglái dōu shì cì wēixiǎo de xīnshēng, měi gè qīngxīn de zǎochén dōu dài zhe diǎn qīngchūn, měicì xiēxi hé shuìmián dōu shì cì xiǎoxiǎo de sǐwáng.
  Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.
• 如果没有我过去16年最好的朋友、我们家庭的中坚、我生命中的挚爱，我今天晚上不可能站在这里，美国下一位第一夫人米歇尔-奥巴马。
  Rúguǒ méiyǒu wǒ guòqù 16 nián zuì hǎo de péngyou, wǒmen jiātíng de zhōngjiān, wǒ shēngmìng zhōng de zhì'ài, wǒ jīntiān wǎnshang bù kěnéng zhàn zài zhèlǐ, Měiguó xià yī wèi dìyīfūrén Mǐxiē'ěr - àobāmǎ.
  And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.

Words starting with 歇

• 歇斯底里xiē sī dǐ lǐhysteria (loanword); hysterical
• 歇息xiē xito have a rest; to stay for the night; to go to bed
• 歇脚xiē jiǎoto stop on the way for a rest
• 歇业xiē yèto close down (temporarily or permanently); to go out of business
• 歇宿xiē sùto lodge; to stay (for the night)
• 歇心xiē xīnto drop the matter; to stop worrying
• 歇手xiē shǒuto rest; to take a break
• 歇气xiē qìto have a break; to rest
• 歇菜xiē cài(dialect) to stop functioning
• 歇顶xiē dǐngto be balding; to be thinning on top
• 歇了吧xiē le ba(dialect) give me a break!; forget about it!
• 歇山顶xiē shān dǐng(East Asian) hip-and-gable roof
• 歇后语xiē hòu yǔanapodoton…
• 歇艎xiē huánglarge warship
• 歇洛克·福尔摩斯Xiē luò kè · Fú ěr mó sīSherlock Holmes

Words containing 歇

• 间歇jiàn xiēto stop in the middle of sth; intermittent; intermittence
• 米歇尔Mǐ xiē ěrMichel or Mitchell (name); George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and…
• 停歇tíng xiēto stop for a rest
• 安歇ān xiēto go to bed; to retire for the night
• 止歇zhǐ xiēto stop; to cease
• 冬歇期dōng xiē qīwinter break
• 密歇根Mì xiē gēnMichigan, US state
• 密歇根湖Mì xiē gēn HúLake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
• 间歇训练jiàn xiē xùn liàninterval training
• 关店歇业guān diàn xiē yèto close up shop and cease business temporarily; closed for business
• 密歇根大学Mì xiē gēn Dà xuéUniversity of Michigan
• 马歇尔Mǎ xiē ěrMarshall (name); George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of…

Characters built on 曷

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

• 揭jiēto take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 竭jiéto exhaust
• 蝎xiē(bound form) scorpion
• 羯jiéram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin
• 碣jiéstone tablet

Characters that look like 歇

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

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse
• 歌gēsong; (bound form) to sing
• 敬jìng(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
• 殿diànpalace hall
• 毂gūused in 毂辘

Sounds the same

Read xiē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 些classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
• 蝎(bound form) scorpion
• 楔wedge; to hammer in (variant of 揳
• 揳to hammer in (a nail); to drive (a wedge)
• 褉short garments
• 滊saline pond
• 猲short-snout dog