休息
Chinese
| to rest | rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (休息) |
休 | 息 | |
Pronunciation
Usage notes
Can also infer to sleep or to take break from work; to go on holiday depending on the context.
Synonyms
- 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”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 休息, 歇息 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 歇, 休息 |
| Taiwan | 休息 | |
| Jinan | 歇 | |
| Xi'an | 歇 | |
| Wuhan | 歇, 歇氣 | |
| Chengdu | 歇氣, 歇 | |
| Yangzhou | 歇, 休息 | |
| Hefei | 歇 | |
| Singapore | 休息 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 敨, 歇 |
| Hong Kong | 敨, 歇, 休息 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 敨 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 敨 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 敨 | |
| Dongguan | 敨 | |
| Yangjiang | 敨, 歇 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 歇 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 歇, 敨 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 歇睏, 休息 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 歇睏, 休息 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 歇睏, 休息 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 歇睏, 休息 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 歇睏, 休息 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 歇睏 | |
| Hong Kong | 敨 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 歇 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 歇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 歇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歇, 歇睏 |
| Quanzhou | 歇睏 | |
| Zhangzhou | 歇睏 | |
| Taipei | 歇, 歇睏 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 歇 | |
| Kaohsiung | 歇, 歇睏 | |
| Yilan | 歇, 歇睏 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 歇, 歇睏 | |
| Taichung | 歇睏 | |
| Tainan | 歇, 歇睏 | |
| Hsinchu | 歇睏 | |
| Kinmen | 歇睏 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 歇睏 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 休息, 歇 | |
| Chaozhou | 歇乏, 歇睏 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 歇作, 休息 |
| Suzhou | 歇, 休息 | |
| Wenzhou | 歇, 休息 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 歇氣 |
| Shuangfeng | 歇氣 | |
See also
- 停歇 (tíngxiē)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 休 | 息 |
| きゅう Grade: 1 |
そく Grade: 3 |
| on’yomi | |
Verb
休息する • (kyūsoku suru) ←きうそく (kiusoku)?suru (stem 休息し (kyūsoku shi), past 休息した (kyūsoku shita))
- to take a rest
Conjugation
Conjugation of "休息する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 休息し | きゅうそくし | kyūsoku shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 休息し | きゅうそくし | kyūsoku shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 休息する | きゅうそくする | kyūsoku suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 休息する | きゅうそくする | kyūsoku suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 休息すれ | きゅうそくすれ | kyūsoku sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 休息せよ¹ 休息しろ² |
きゅうそくせよ¹ きゅうそくしろ² |
kyūsoku seyo¹ kyūsoku shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 休息される | きゅうそくされる | kyūsoku sareru | |
| Causative | 休息させる 休息さす |
きゅうそくさせる きゅうそくさす |
kyūsoku saseru kyūsoku sasu | |
| Potential | 休息できる | きゅうそくできる | kyūsoku dekiru | |
| Volitional | 休息しよう | きゅうそくしよう | kyūsoku shiyō | |
| Negative | 休息しない | きゅうそくしない | kyūsoku shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 休息せず | きゅうそくせず | kyūsoku sezu | |
| Formal | 休息します | きゅうそくします | kyūsoku shimasu | |
| Perfective | 休息した | きゅうそくした | kyūsoku shita | |
| Conjunctive | 休息して | きゅうそくして | kyūsoku shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 休息すれば | きゅうそくすれば | kyūsoku sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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