123456
Keyword
to rest
  • to stop
  • to retire
Frequency
#1046
Strokes
6
Readings
xiū100%
Mnemonic
A person 亻 leaning against a tree 木
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
休息xiūxi
rest; to rest
退休tuìxiū
to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
休闲xiūxián
leisure; relaxation; not working; idle; to enjoy leisure; to lie fallow
休xiū
to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't
休假xiūjià
to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
退休金tuìxiūjīn
retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement
不休bùxiū
endlessly; ceaselessly
休养xiūyǎng
to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce
休斯顿Xiūsīdùn
Houston, Texas
休克xiūkè
(medicine) (loanword) shock; to go into shock
休斯敦Xiūsīdūn
Houston, Texas
罢休bàxiū
to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it; let the matter drop
休憩xiūqì
to rest; to relax; to take a break
离休líxiū
to retire under the special retirement system for eligible veteran Communist cadres
休学xiūxué
to suspend schooling; to defer study
休眠xiūmián
(biology) dormant; (of a volcano) dormant; (computing) to hibernate
休会xiūhuì
to adjourn
午休wǔxiū
noon break; lunch break; lunchtime nap
休整xiūzhěng
to rest and reorganize (military)
休想xiūxiǎng
don't think (that); don't imagine (that)
喋喋不休diédiébùxiū
(idiom) to chatter endlessly; to talk nonstop