休
to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #999 U+4F11
How 休 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 亻 leaning against a tree 木
How to remember it
rest · Heisig RSH #812
人 person + 木 tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 休 as their sound component
These characters all use 休 (xiū) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 休 sound component | xiū | to rest; to stop; to retire |
| 咻 | xiū | to shout; to jeer at |
| 鸺 | xiū | horned owl, scops chinensis |
| 貅 | xiū | fierce; brave, courageous |
| 庥 | xiū | shade; shelter, protection |
| 髹 | xiū | red lacquer; to lacquer |
Words containing 休
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一不做，二不休 | yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū | lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); fig. if you do it at all, you may as well … |
| 不死不休 | bù sǐ bù xiū | to fight to one's last gasp |
| 公休日 | gōng xiū rì | public holiday |
| 周休二日 | zhōu xiū èr rì | (Tw) two-day weekend (usually Saturday and Sunday) |
| 休宁县 | Xiū níng Xiàn | Xiuning, a county in Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 双休日 | shuāng xiū rì | two-day weekend |
| 无休无止 | wú xiū wú zhǐ | ceaseless; endless (idiom) |
| 不休 | bù xiū | endlessly; ceaselessly |
| 休市 | xiū shì | to close the market (for a holiday or overnight etc) |
| 休学 | xiū xué | to suspend schooling; to defer study |
| 休会 | xiū huì | to adjourn |
| 公共休息室 | gōng gòng xiū xī shì | shared lounge; common room |
| 休克 | xiū kè | (medicine) (loanword) shock; to go into shock |
| 休养生息 | xiū yǎng shēng xī | to recover; to recuperate |
| 公休 | gōng xiū | to have a public holiday; to have an official holiday; (Tw) (of a business establishment) … |
| 休伊特 | Xiū yī tè | (surname) Hewitt |
| 病休 | bìng xiū | to be on sick leave |
| 退休金 | tuì xiū jīn | retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement |
| 休氏旋木雀 | Xiū shì xuán mù què | (bird species of China) Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis) |
| 退休金双轨制 | tuì xiū jīn shuāng guǐ zhì | see 養老金雙軌制|养老金双轨制[yang3 lao3 jin1 shuang1 gui3 zhi4] |