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Translingual
Han character
歇 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日女弓人 (AVNO), four-corner 67782, composition ⿰曷欠)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 570, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16141
- Dae Jaweon: page 958, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2145, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6B47
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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愒
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*kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad
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馤
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*qaːds
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靄
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*qaːds, *qaːd
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餲
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*qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd
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喝
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*qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
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揭
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*kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad
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偈
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*ɡrads, *ɡrad
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猲
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*kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad
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葛
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*kaːd
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輵
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*kaːd
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獦
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*klaːd, *rab
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渴
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*kʰaːd, *ɡrad
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嵑
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*kʰaːd
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暍
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*qʰaːd, *qad
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曷
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*ɡaːd
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褐
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*ɡaːd
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鶡
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*ɡaːd
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毼
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*ɡaːd
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蝎
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*ɡaːd
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鞨
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*ɡaːd, *ɢljad
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遏
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*qaːd
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齃
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*qaːd
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堨
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*qaːd
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擖
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*kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
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楬
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*kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad
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朅
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*kʰrad
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藒
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*kʰrad
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竭
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*ɡrad, *ɡad
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碣
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*ɡrad, *ɡad
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羯
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*kad
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鍻
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*kad
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歇
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*qʰad
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蠍
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*qʰad
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謁
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*qad
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qʰad) : phonetic 曷 (OC *ɡaːd) + semantic 欠.
Etymology
Related to 愒 (OC *kʰrad) (Sagart, 2007) and 憩 (OC *kʰrads) (Wang, 1982).
Pronunciation
Note: kit3 - nonstandard variant in certain compounds.
- Gan
- Hakka
- Jin
- Northern Min
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- (Hokkien: Yilan)
Note:
- hiat - literary;
- hioh/hehⁿ/heh - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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歇
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiē
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Middle Chinese
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‹ xjot ›
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰat/
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English
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cease, rest (v.)
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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歇
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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5064
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Phonetic component
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曷
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Rime group
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月
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰad/
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Definitions
歇
- to rest; to relax
- to take a break; to stop; to cease
- to decline; to decay; to fade
- to dissipate; to diffuse
- a short moment
- 坐脫歇/坐脱歇 [Shanghainese] ― 6zu-theq-shiq [Wugniu] ― Come on in. (literally: "get seated for a moment")
- (Teochew) to stop
- (dialectal) to sleep
- (Northern Wu, dated in Shanghainese) Used to indicate that a verb has been experienced by the speaker.
- Synonym: 歇過/歇过
勿曾聽見歇個。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
勿曾听见歇个。 [Shanghainese, simp.]- From: 1923, 𨂝河唱歌 ("The River-Crossing Sing-Song") as released by the Shanghai Pathé Record Company, performed by 趙秀英
- 7veq-zen 1thin-cie-shiq-gheq [Wugniu]
- I have not heard of it.
- (Ningbonese) to lack; to be absent
要學外語,一隻錄音機歇勿來個 [Ningbonese, trad.]
要学外语,一只录音机歇勿来个 [Ningbonese, simp.]- From: 1996, Tang Zhenzhu, Wu Xinmin and Wu Xinxian, 寧波方言詞典, page 363
- To learn a foreign language, you cannot do it without a radio.
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)
Dialectal synonyms of
休息 (“to rest; to take a break”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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休息, 歇息
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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歇, 休息
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Taiwan
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休息
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Singapore
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休息
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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歇
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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歇
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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歇氣, 歇
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Wuhan
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歇, 歇氣
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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歇, 休息
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Hefei
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歇
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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敨, 歇
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Hong Kong
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敨, 歇, 休息
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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敨
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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敨
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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敨
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Dongguan
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敨
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Yangjiang
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敨, 歇
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Gan
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Nanchang
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歇
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Hakka
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Meixian
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歇, 敨
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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歇睏, 休息
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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歇睏, 休息
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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歇睏, 休息
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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歇睏, 休息
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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歇睏, 休息
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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歇睏
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Hong Kong
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敨
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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歇
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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歇
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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歇
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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歇, 歇睏
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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歇睏
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Quanzhou
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歇睏
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Zhangzhou
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歇睏
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Taipei
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歇, 歇睏
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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歇
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Kaohsiung
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歇, 歇睏
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Yilan
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歇, 歇睏
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Changhua (Lukang)
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歇, 歇睏
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Taichung
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歇睏
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Tainan
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歇, 歇睏
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Hsinchu
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歇睏
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Kinmen
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歇睏
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Penghu (Magong)
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歇睏
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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休息, 歇
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Manila (Hokkien)
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休息
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Chaozhou
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歇乏, 歇睏
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Puning
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歇, 歇乏, 休息
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Wu
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Shanghai
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歇作, 休息
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Suzhou
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歇, 休息
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Wenzhou
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歇, 休息
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Xiang
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Changsha
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歇氣
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Shuangfeng
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歇氣
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- 中斷/中断 (zhōngduàn)
- 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
- 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
- 停 (tíng)
- 停歇 (tíngxiē)
- 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
- 夭閼/夭阏 (yǎo'è)
- 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
- 放煞 (Min Nan)
- 斷站/断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 斷節/断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 暫停/暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
- 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
- 止息 (zhǐxī)
- 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 瀦/潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 煞 (Hokkien)
- 煞手 (Hokkien)
- 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
- 終止/终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
- 絕/绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
- 罷/罢
- 罷休/罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
- 罷手/罢手 (bàshǒu)
- 間斷/间断
- 須/须 (xū) (literary)
- 頓/顿
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
歇
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
歇 • (heol) (hangeul 헐, revised heol, McCune–Reischauer hŏl, Yale hel)
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Vietnamese
Han character
歇: Hán Nôm readings: hết, hít, yết, hét, hiết, hớt
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