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休
xiū
1. to rest
2. to stop doing sth for a period of time
3. to cease
4. (imperative) don't
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

休
xiū
to rest; to stop; to retire
HSK 2 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

离休
líxiū
to retire
且休
qiěxiū
rest for now
不休
bùxiū
endlessly
乞休
qǐxiū
to request permission to resign from an official position (old)
介休
Jièxiū
Jiexiu county level city in Jinzhong [[晉中|晋中<Jìnzhōng>]], Shanxi
休假
xiūjià
to take a vacation
休克
xiūkè
shock (loanword)
休兵
xiūbīng
to cease fire
休妻
xiūqī
to repudiate one's wife
休学
xiūxué
to suspend schooling
休宁
Xiūníng
Xiuning county in Huangshan [[黃山|黄山<Huángshān>]], Anhui
休庭
xiūtíng
to adjourn (law)
休息
xiūxi
rest
HSK 2
休惜
xiūxī
recess
休想
xiūxiǎng
don't think (that)
休憩
xiūqì
to rest
休战
xiūzhàn
armistice
休整
xiūzhěng
to rest and reorganize (military)
休会
xiūhuì
to adjourn
休止
xiūzhǐ
to stop

Alternate Entries

休
Xiū
surname Xiu

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
1,081
Word Frequency Rank
1,635 of 84,292

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