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Chinese
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to rest
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rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath |
| trad. (歇息)
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歇
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息
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| simp. #(歇息)
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歇
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息
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Pronunciation
Note: kit3 sik1 - nonstandard.
Verb
歇息
- to have a rest
- to put up for the night
Synonyms
- 休息
- 休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
- 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)
- 歇氣 / 歇气 (xiēqì) (to take a breather)
- 歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 歇睏 / 歇困 (Hakka, Hokkien)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “have a rest”): 工作 (gōngzuò)