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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 ) 小歇 ( Hokkien ) 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( きゅうけい ) ( 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
QK ( Internet slang )
Pronunciation
Noun
休( きゅう ) 憩( けい ) • (kyūkei ) ←きうけい ( kiukei ) ?
a rest ; a break ; an intermission
Synonyms
Verb
休( きゅう ) 憩( けい ) する • (kyūkei suru ) suru (stem 休( きゅう ) 憩( けい ) し ( kyūkei shi ) , past 休( きゅう ) 憩( けい ) した ( kyūkei shita ) )
rest ; take a break
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")
休憩し
きゅうけいし
kyūkei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
休憩し
きゅうけいし
kyūkei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")
休憩する
きゅうけいする
kyūkei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")
休憩する
きゅうけいする
kyūkei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")
休憩すれ
きゅうけいすれ
kyūkei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")
休憩せよ¹ 休憩しろ²
きゅうけいせよ¹ きゅうけいしろ²
kyūkei seyo¹ kyūkei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive
休憩される
きゅうけいされる
kyūkei sareru
Causative
休憩させる 休憩さす
きゅうけいさせる きゅうけいさす
kyūkei saseru kyūkei sasu
Potential
休憩できる
きゅうけいできる
kyūkei dekiru
Volitional
休憩しよう
きゅうけいしよう
kyūkei shiyō
Negative
休憩しない
きゅうけいしない
kyūkei shinai
Negative continuative
休憩せず
きゅうけいせず
kyūkei sezu
Formal
休憩します
きゅうけいします
kyūkei shimasu
Perfective
休憩した
きゅうけいした
kyūkei shita
Conjunctive
休憩して
きゅうけいして
kyūkei shite
Hypothetical conditional
休憩すれば
きゅうけいすれば
kyūkei sureba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
Synonyms
References
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997 ), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN