休假

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Chinese

to rest vacation
simp. and trad.
(休假)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (32) (28)
Final () (136) (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter xjuw kaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨu/ /kˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiu/ /kᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiəu/ /kaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/huw/ /kaɨH/
Li
Rong
/xiu/ /kaH/
Wang
Li
/xĭəu/ /kaH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/xi̯ə̯u/ /kaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiū jià
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau1 gaa3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiū
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰ(r)u/
English rest (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 13919 5961
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰu/ /*kraːs/

Verb

休假

  1. to take a vacation; to go on holiday; to be on leave