休息

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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。 [MSC, trad.]
    他休息了一会儿。 [MSC, simp.]
    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.
    You're working too hard. Take a break for a while.
    本店是日休息一天，敬請見諒。 [MSC, trad.]
    本店是日休息一天，敬请见谅。 [MSC, simp.]
    Běn diàn shìrì xiūxi yī tiān, jìngqǐng jiànliàng.
    Our shop will be closed for today. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 休息 (“to rest; to take a break”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 休息, 歇息
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 歇, 休息
Taiwan 休息
Singapore 休息
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 歇
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 歇
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 歇氣, 歇
Wuhan 歇, 歇氣
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 歇, 休息
Hefei 歇
Cantonese Guangzhou 敨, 歇
Hong Kong 敨, 歇, 休息
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 敨
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 敨
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 敨
Dongguan 敨
Yangjiang 敨, 歇
Gan Nanchang 歇
Hakka Meixian 歇, 敨
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 歇睏, 休息
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 歇睏, 休息
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 歇睏, 休息
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 歇睏, 休息
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 歇睏, 休息
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 歇睏
Hong Kong 敨
Jin Taiyuan 歇
Northern Min Jian'ou 歇
Eastern Min Fuzhou 歇
Southern Min Xiamen 歇, 歇睏
Xiamen (Tong'an) 歇睏
Quanzhou 歇睏
Zhangzhou 歇睏
Taipei 歇, 歇睏
New Taipei (Sanxia) 歇
Kaohsiung 歇, 歇睏
Yilan 歇, 歇睏
Changhua (Lukang) 歇, 歇睏
Taichung 歇睏
Tainan 歇, 歇睏
Hsinchu 歇睏
Kinmen 歇睏
Penghu (Magong) 歇睏
Singapore (Hokkien) 休息, 歇
Manila (Hokkien) 休息
Chaozhou 歇乏, 歇睏
Puning 歇, 歇乏, 休息
Puxian Min Putian 歇痠
Xianyou 歇睏, 候睏
Wu Shanghai 歇作, 休息
Suzhou 歇, 休息
Wenzhou 歇, 休息
Xiang Changsha 歇氣
Shuangfeng 歇氣

Derived terms

See also

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

休(きゅう)息(そく) • (kyūsoku) ←きうそく (kiusoku)?

  1. rest (any relief from exertion)

Synonyms

Verb

休(きゅう)息(そく)する • (kyūsoku suru) ←きうそく (kiusoku)?suru (stem 休(きゅう)息(そく)し (kyūsoku shi), past 休(きゅう)息(そく)した (kyūsoku shita))

  1. to take a rest

Conjugation

Conjugation of "休息する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 休息し きゅうそくし kyūsoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 休息し きゅうそくし kyūsoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 休息する きゅうそくする kyūsoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 休息する きゅうそくする kyūsoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 休息すれ きゅうそくすれ kyūsoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 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

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
休息

Noun

休息 • (hyusik) (hangeul 휴식)

  1. hanja form? of 휴식 (“rest”)
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