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Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note: jau1 tim5 - nonstandard.
Verb
休憩
- (literary) to rest; to take a break
Synonyms
- 休息
- 停歇 (tíngxiē)
- 停睏 / 停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 喘氣 / 喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to take a breather)
- 安息 (ānxī)
- 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
- 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
- 敨 (tau2) (Cantonese, Hakka)
- 歇 (xiē)
- 歇喘 (Hokkien, to take a breather)
- 歇息 (xiēxi)
- 歇氣 / 歇气 (xiēqì) (to take a breather)
- 歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 歇睏 / 歇困 (Hakka, Hokkien)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Japanese 休憩 (kyūkei).
Pronunciation
Verb
休憩
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to rest; to take a break
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to have a secret sexual encounter; to have sex at a hotel
Japanese
Alternative spelling
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QK (Internet slang)
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Pronunciation
Noun
休憩 • (kyūkei) ←きうけい (kiukei)?
- a rest; a break; an intermission
Synonyms
Verb
休憩する • (kyūkei suru) suru (stem 休憩し (kyūkei shi), past 休憩した (kyūkei shita))
- rest; take a break
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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休憩し
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きゅうけいし
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kyūkei shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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休憩し
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きゅうけいし
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kyūkei shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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休憩する
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きゅうけいする
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kyūkei suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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休憩する
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きゅうけいする
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kyūkei suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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休憩すれ
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きゅうけいすれ
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kyūkei sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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休憩せよ¹ 休憩しろ²
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きゅうけいせよ¹ きゅうけいしろ²
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kyūkei seyo¹ kyūkei shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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休憩される
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きゅうけいされる
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kyūkei sareru
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Causative
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休憩させる 休憩さす
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きゅうけいさせる きゅうけいさす
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kyūkei saseru kyūkei sasu
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Potential
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休憩できる
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きゅうけいできる
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kyūkei dekiru
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Volitional
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休憩しよう
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きゅうけいしよう
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kyūkei shiyō
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Negative
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休憩しない
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きゅうけいしない
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kyūkei shinai
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Negative continuative
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休憩せず
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きゅうけいせず
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kyūkei sezu
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Formal
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休憩します
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きゅうけいします
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kyūkei shimasu
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Perfective
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休憩した
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きゅうけいした
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kyūkei shita
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Conjunctive
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休憩して
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きゅうけいして
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kyūkei shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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休憩すれば
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きゅうけいすれば
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kyūkei sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Synonyms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN