休息

Chinese

to rest
 
rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad.
(休息)

Pronunciation


Verb

休息

  1. to rest; to take a break
    早點休息 / 早点休息   Zǎodiǎn xiūxi.   Go to bed early.
    休息一會兒 / 休息一会儿   xiūxi le yīhuìr.   He rested for a while.
    工作勤奮休息一會 [MSC, trad.]
    工作勤奋休息一会 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ gōngzuò tài qínfèn le. Xiūxi yīhuì ba. [Pinyin]
    You're working too hard. Take a break for a while.

Usage notes

Can also infer to sleep or to take break from work; to go on holiday depending on the context.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
きゅう
Grade: 1
そく
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) きゅうそく [kyùúsókú] (Heiban – [0])
    • IPA(key): [kʲɨᵝːso̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

休息 (hiragana きゅうそく, rōmaji kyūsoku, historical hiragana きうそく)

  1. rest (any relief from exertion)

Synonyms

Verb

休息する (suru conjugation, hiragana きゅうそくする, rōmaji kyūsoku suru, historical hiragana きうそくする)

  1. to take a rest

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

休息 (hyusik) (hangeul 휴식)

  1. Hanja form? of 휴식 (rest).
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