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xiē
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Common

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Definitions

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

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Stroke order

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Usage notes

Common mistakes

学习者常误用‘歇’直接及物,如‘我歇你’;应说‘我让你歇一会儿’或‘我休息一下’。

Formality

‘歇’偏向口语和方言,口语中常用‘歇一会儿’;书面语中更常用‘休息’。在北方方言中可表示‘睡觉’,如‘该歇了’表示‘该睡了’。

Example Sentences

2 shown
太累了,我们 一会儿吧。
I'm so tired, let's rest for a while.
我想讓你
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6065940)

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