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Meaning of 休

Pinyin xiū、 xù

Radical

亻

Strokes

Definition

to rest

Usage

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休 [xiū] 动词 1. 歇息。 [En.] rest 2. 停止。 [En.] cease 3. 辞去。 [En.] resign 4. 离弃，解除自己的婚姻。 [En.] cast off 5. 休假。 [En.] have a holiday 形容词 1. 美好，美善。 [En.] good; fine 2. 吉庆。 [En.] auspicious 3. 喜悦的，欢乐的。 [En.] happy 4. 悠闲; 安闲。 [En.] leisurely 副词 1. 勿; 不要; 别。 [En.] don’t 感叹词 1. 哎呀，唉，呜呼。 [En.] alas 2. 语气助词。罢; 了名词 1. 树荫。 [En.] shade of a tree 2. 福禄。 [En.] happiness 补充说明： 1. 通“煦”，温和，温暖。 2. 动词使温暖。通「煦」。《周礼．冬官考工记．弓人》：「夫角之末，蹙于脑而休于气。」 3. 动词发出痛念、怜惜的声音。《左传．昭公三年》：「民人痛疾，而或燠休之。」古同【煦】。字，温暖。参见「休屠」条。

喋喋不休 dié dié bù xiū

to chatter or jabber on and on

午休 wǔ xiū

noon break / lunch break / lunchtime nap

休憩 xiū qì

to rest / to relax / to take a break

休戚相关 xiū qī xiāng guān

to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat

休戚 xiū qī

joys and sorrows / weal and woe / favourable and unfavourable experiences

休戚与共 xiū qī yǔ gòng

go through thick and thin together / share weal and woe / share joys and sorrows

休伊特 Xiū yī tè

Hewitt

退休 tuì xiū

to retire / retirement (from work)

休闲 xiū xián

leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow

不休 bù xiū

endlessly / ceaselessly

休克 xiū kè

shock (loanword) / to go into shock

罢休 bà xiū

to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop

休养 xiū yǎng

to recuperate / to recover / to convalesce

休假 xiū jià

to take a vacation / to go on holiday

休想 xiū xiǎng

don't think (that) / don't imagine (that)

休整 xiū zhěng

to rest and reorganize (military)

离退休 lí tuì xiū

retirement

休斯 xiū sī

hughes / hoghes

离休 lí xiū

to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)

退休金 tuì xiū jīn

retirement pay / pension

休眠 xiū mián

to be dormant (biology) / inactive (volcano) / to hibernate (computing)

休斯敦 Xiū sī dūn

Houston, Texas

休战 xiū zhàn

armistice

休养生息 xiū yǎng shēng xī

to recover / to recuperate

二不休 èr bù xiū

Endlessly

休眠期 xiū mián qī

period of dormancy / quiescent stage

休眠火山 xiū mián huǒ shān

dormant volcano

休眠状态 xiū mián zhuàng tài

dormant state

介休 Jiè xiū

Jiexiu county level city in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi

善罢甘休 shàn bà gān xiū

to leave the matter at that / to be prepared to let go / to be willing to take things lying down

休息 xiū xi

rest / to rest