休 (jau1 | xiu1 xu4) : rest; cease; retire

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休

jau1

xiu1 xu4

[1] rest; [v] rest [2] [v] stop; cease; give up; retire [3] happiness; joy; weal [4] do not (followed by verb) [5] off

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

休

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休息 jau1 sik1 xiu1 xi5 = to rest; to take a break; recess; a rest; a break

午休 ng5 jau1 wu3 xiu1 = noon break; afternoon recess; lunch break; lunchtime nap

退休 teoi3 jau1 tui4 xiu1 = to retire

休養 jau1 joeng5 xiu1 yang3 = to recover; to recuperate

休假 jau1 gaa3 xiu1 jia4 = vacation, holiday

休克 jau1 hak1 = (medical) shock; to go into shock

休庭 jau1 ting4 = adjourn the court; adjournment; court adjourned; recess

馬介休 maa5 gaai3 jau1 = bacalhau

不休 bat1 jau1 bu4 xiu1 = endlessly; ceaselessly 國

退休金 teoi3 jau1 gam1 tui4 xiu1 jin1 = pension; retirement fund

休息室 jau1 sik1 sat1 xiu1 xi1 shi4 = lobby; lounge; rest room

休戰 jau1 zin3 xiu1 zhan4 = armistice

廠休 cong2 jau1 chang3 xiu1 = factory's day of rest

自願提早退休計劃 zi6 jyun6 tai4 zou2 teoi3 jau1 gai3 waak6 = voluntary early retirement package

休整 jau1 zing2 xiu1 zheng3 = [v] (military) rest and reorganize

休閑 jau1 haan4 xiu1 xian2 = [v] be not working; have leisure; be idle

休想 jau1 soeng2 xiu1 xiang3 = don't think (that)

一不做,二不休 jat1 bat1 zou6 ,ji6 bat1 jau1 yi1 bu4 zuo4 er4 bu4 xiu1 = carry the thing through; whatever the consequences; in for a penny; in for a pound 國

喋喋不休 dip6 dip6 bat1 jau1 = to keep on talking; to ramble on; to chatter away

不眠不休 bat1 min4 bat1 jau1 = without rest

休息時間 jau1 sik1 si4 gaan1*3 xiu1 xi5 shi2 jian1 = break; time-out; half-time; breathing space; rest time

休會 jau1 wui6 xiu1 hui4 = adjourn, recess

休旅車 jau1 leoi5 ce1 = SUV (sport-utility vehicle)

休止 jau1 zi2 xiu1 zhi3 = to stop, to cease; caesura

罷休 baa6 jau1 ba4 xiu1 = give up

一不做二不休 jat1 bat1 zou6 ji6 bat1 jau1 yi1 bu4 zuo4 er4 bu4 xiu1 = see sth through to the end

運動休閒車 wan6 dung6 jau1 haan4 ce1 yun4 dong4 xiu1 xian2 che1 = SUV

休斯頓 jau1 si1 deon6 xiu1 si1 dun4 = Houston (post 1997 transliteration)

介休 gaai3 jau1 jie4 xiu1 = Jiexiu (city in Shanxi)

休寧 jau1 ning4 xiu1 ning2 = Xiuning (place in Anhui)

休憩 jau1 hei3 xiu1 qi4 = to rest; to take a rest

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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