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xiū

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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我們應該 息。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10524979)

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Words Containing 休

彪休
biāo xiū

angry

休止符
xiū zhǐ fú

rest (music)

一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū

to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)

休养
xiū yǎng

to recuperate

休氏树莺
xiū shì shù yīng

(bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)

退休金双轨制
tuì xiū jīn shuāng guǐ zhì

see 養老金雙軌制|养老金双轨制[yǎng lǎo jīn shuāng guǐ zhì]

休耕
xiū gēng

to leave farmland to lie fallow

双休日
shuāng xiū rì

two-day weekend

且休
qiě xiū

rest for now

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū

lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom)

退休
tuì xiū

to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement

休伊特
xiū yī tè

Hewitt

休闲裤
xiū xián kù

casual pants

介休
jiè xiū

Jiexiu, county-level city in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[jìn zhōng], Shanxi

休氏白喉林莺
xiū shì bái hóu lín yīng

(bird species of China) Hume's whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)

休宁县
xiū níng xiàn

Xiuning county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山[huáng shān], Anhui

休市
xiū shì

to close the market (for a holiday or overnight etc)

夸休可尔症
kuā xiū kě ěr zhèng

kwashiorkor (medicine)

休憩
xiū qì

to rest

休想
xiū xiǎng

don't think (that)

休克
xiū kè

shock (loanword)

过敏性休克
guò mǐn xìng xiū kè

anaphylactic shock

干休
gān xiū

to let matters rest

休斯顿
xiū sī dùn

Houston

不休
bù xiū

endlessly

休假
xiū jià

to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave

带薪休假
dài xīn xiū jià

paid leave

休眠火山
xiū mián huǒ shān

dormant volcano

休息
xiū xi

rest

全休
quán xiū

complete rest (after an illness)

休惜
xiū xī

recess

病休
bìng xiū

to be on sick leave

公共休息室
gōng gòng xiū xī shì

shared lounge; common room

午休
wǔ xiū

noon break

休谟
xiū mó

David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish Enlightenment philosopher

休兵
xiū bīng

to cease fire

公休
gōng xiū

to have a public holiday; to have an official holiday

离休
lí xiū

to retire

介休市
jiè xiū shì

Jiexiu, county-level city in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[jìn zhōng], Shanxi

罢休
bà xiū

to give up

休斯敦
xiū sī dūn

Houston, Texas

不死不休
bù sǐ bù xiū

to fight to one's last gasp

公休日
gōng xiū rì

public holiday

休闲鞋
xiū xián xié

leisure shoes

休会
xiū huì

to adjourn

休宁
xiū níng

Xiuning county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山[huáng shān], Anhui

休学
xiū xué

to suspend schooling

调休
tiáo xiū

to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday

补休
bǔ xiū

to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays)

喋喋不休
dié dié bù xiū

to chatter or jabber on and on

休止
xiū zhǐ

to stop

休达
xiū dá

Sebta or Ceuta (city in north Morocco)

退休金
tuì xiū jīn

retirement pay

休旅车
xiū lǚ chē

sport utility vehicle (SUV)

休战
xiū zhàn

armistice

休妻
xiū qī

to repudiate one's wife

休息室
xiū xī shì

lobby

刺刺不休
cì cì bù xiū

to talk incessantly

休养生息
xiū yǎng shēng xī

to recover

休氏旋木雀
xiū shì xuán mù què

(bird species of China) Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)

休伦湖
xiū lún hú

Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[wǔ dà hú]

休整
xiū zhěng

to rest and reorganize (military)

休庭
xiū tíng

to adjourn (law)

休闲
xiū xián

leisure

不眠不休
bù mián bù xiū

without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)

休怪
xiū guài

don't blame (sb)

无休无止
wú xiū wú zhǐ

ceaseless; endless (idiom)

休眠
xiū mián

to be dormant (biology)

轮休
lún xiū

to take holidays in rotation

善罢甘休
shàn bà gān xiū

to leave the matter at that

倒休
dǎo xiū

to shift holidays, taking a weekday off

休士顿
xiū shì dùn

Houston, Texas

惠特妮·休斯顿
huì tè nī · xiū sī dùn

Whitney Houston (1963-2012), American singer and actress

休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān

to share the same interests (idiom)