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

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Words Containing 休

休假
xiū jià

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

休克
xiū kè

shock (loanword)

休息
xiū xi

rest

休想
xiū xiǎng

don't think (that)

休眠
xiū mián

to be dormant (biology)

休闲
xiū xián

leisure

休养
xiū yǎng

to recuperate

罢休
bà xiū

to give up

退休
tuì xiū

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

退休金
tuì xiū jīn

retirement pay

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū

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

一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū

to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)

不休
bù xiū

endlessly

不死不休
bù sǐ bù xiū

to fight to one's last gasp

不眠不休
bù mián bù xiū

without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)

且休
qiě xiū

rest for now

介休
jiè xiū

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

介休市
jiè xiū shì

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

休伊特
xiū yī tè

Hewitt

休伦湖
xiū lún hú

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

休兵
xiū bīng

to cease fire

休士顿
xiū shì dùn

Houston, Texas

休妻
xiū qī

to repudiate one's wife

休学
xiū xué

to suspend schooling

休宁
xiū níng

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

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)

休庭
xiū tíng

to adjourn (law)

休怪
xiū guài

don't blame (sb)

休息室
xiū xī shì

lobby

休惜
xiū xī

recess

休憩
xiū qì

to rest

休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān

to share the same interests (idiom)

休战
xiū zhàn

armistice

休整
xiū zhěng

to rest and reorganize (military)

休斯敦
xiū sī dūn

Houston, Texas

休斯顿
xiū sī dùn

Houston

休旅车
xiū lǚ chē

sport utility vehicle (SUV)

休会
xiū huì

to adjourn

休止
xiū zhǐ

to stop

休止符
xiū zhǐ fú

rest (music)

休氏旋木雀
xiū shì xuán mù què

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

休氏树莺
xiū shì shù yīng

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

休氏白喉林莺
xiū shì bái hóu lín yīng

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

休眠火山
xiū mián huǒ shān

dormant volcano

休耕
xiū gēng

to leave farmland to lie fallow

休谟
xiū mó

David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish Enlightenment philosopher

休达
xiū dá

Sebta or Ceuta (city in north Morocco)

休闲裤
xiū xián kù

casual pants

休闲鞋
xiū xián xié

leisure shoes

休养生息
xiū yǎng shēng xī

to recover

倒休
dǎo xiū

to shift holidays, taking a weekday off

全休
quán xiū

complete rest (after an illness)

公休
gōng xiū

to have a public holiday; to have an official holiday

公休日
gōng xiū rì

public holiday

公共休息室
gōng gòng xiū xī shì

shared lounge; common room

刺刺不休
cì cì bù xiū

to talk incessantly

午休
wǔ xiū

noon break

善罢甘休
shàn bà gān xiū

to leave the matter at that

喋喋不休
dié dié bù xiū

to chatter or jabber on and on

带薪休假
dài xīn xiū jià

paid leave

干休
gān xiū

to let matters rest

彪休
biāo xiū

angry

惠特妮·休斯顿
huì tè nī · xiū sī dùn

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

无休无止
wú xiū wú zhǐ

ceaseless; endless (idiom)

病休
bìng xiū

to be on sick leave

补休
bǔ xiū

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

夸休可尔症
kuā xiū kě ěr zhèng

kwashiorkor (medicine)

调休
tiáo xiū

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

轮休
lún xiū

to take holidays in rotation

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]

过敏性休克
guò mǐn xìng xiū kè

anaphylactic shock

双休日
shuāng xiū rì

two-day weekend

离休
lí xiū

to retire