休息

休息

Chinese

		to rest	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad. (休息)		休	息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūxi, xiūxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ˙ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiû-sit
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiu-siak / hiu-sek / hiu-sit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiun¹ sêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, mainland China)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiūxi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ˙ㄒㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiou.shi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siousi̊
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕjoʊ̯˥ ɕi˨/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiūxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioushyi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siousí
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕjoʊ̯˥ ɕi˧˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ sik¹
    • Yale: yāu sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ xig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯˥ sɪk˥/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiû-sit
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiu´ xid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiu¹ xid⁵
    • IPA: /hi̯u˨˦ ɕit̚˨/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-siak
    • Tâi-lô: hiu-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiusiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu˧˧ ɕiak˥/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-sek
    • Tâi-lô: hiu-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiuseg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiu˦˦꜔꜔ ɕiɪk˧˨/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiu˦˦꜕꜕ ɕiɪk˧˨/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-sit
    • Tâi-lô: hiu-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiusid
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu˦˦꜕꜕ ɕit˧˨/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiun¹ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiuⁿ sek
    • IPA ^(key): /hĩũ³³⁻²³ sek²/

Verb

休息

1. to rest; to take a break

   早點休息。 / 早点休息。  ―  Zǎodiǎn xiūxi.  ―  Go to bed early.

   他休息了一會兒。 / 他休息了一会儿。  ―  Tā xiūxi le yīhuìr.  ―  He rested for a while.

   你工作太勤奮了。休息一會吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   你工作太勤奋了。休息一会吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ gōngzuò tài qínfèn le. Xiūxi yīhuì ba. [Pinyin]

   You're working too hard. Take a break for a while.

Usage notes

Can also infer to sleep or to take break from work; to go on holiday depending on the context.

Synonyms

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休憩 (xiūqì) (literary) 安息 (ānxī) 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)

歇息 (xiēxi) 歇睏／歇困 (Hakka, Min Nan)

Derived terms

休息室 (xiūxishì)

休息日 (xiūxirì)

See also

• 停歇 (tíngxiē)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
休	息
きゅう Grade: 1	そく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) きゅうそく [kyùúsókú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːso̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

休息 (hiragana きゅうそく, rōmaji kyūsoku, historical hiragana きうそく)

1. rest (any relief from exertion)

Synonyms

• 休憩 (きゅうけい) (kyūkei)
• 休 (やす)み (yasumi)

Verb

休息する (suru conjugation, hiragana きゅうそくする, rōmaji kyūsoku suru, historical hiragana きうそくする)

1. to take a rest

Conjugation

Conjugation of "休息する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	休息し	きゅうそくし	kyūsoku shi
Continuative (連用形)	休息し	きゅうそくし	kyūsoku shi
Terminal (終止形)	休息する	きゅうそくする	kyūsoku suru
Attributive (連体形)	休息する	きゅうそくする	kyūsoku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	休息すれ	きゅうそくすれ	kyūsoku sure
Imperative (命令形)	休息せよ¹ 休息しろ²	きゅうそくせよ¹ きゅうそくしろ²	kyūsoku seyo¹ kyūsoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	休息される	きゅうそくされる	kyūsoku sareru
Causative	休息させる 休息さす	きゅうそくさせる きゅうそくさす	kyūsoku saseru kyūsoku sasu
Potential	休息できる	きゅうそくできる	kyūsoku dekiru
Volitional	休息しよう	きゅうそくしよう	kyūsoku shiyō
Negative	休息しない	きゅうそくしない	kyūsoku shinai
Negative continuative	休息せず	きゅうそくせず	kyūsoku sezu
Formal	休息します	きゅうそくします	kyūsoku shimasu
Perfective	休息した	きゅうそくした	kyūsoku shita
Conjunctive	休息して	きゅうそくして	kyūsoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	休息すれば	きゅうそくすれば	kyūsoku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 休 (やす)む (yasumu)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
休	息

Noun

休息 • (hyusik) (hangeul 휴식)

1. Hanja form^? of 휴식 (“rest”).