休養生息

Chinese

		to recuperate; to rest and recover; to convalesce	to inhabit; to live in; to breed to inhabit; to live in; to breed; to reproduce; to propagate; to multiply
trad. (休養生息)		休養	生息
simp. (休养生息)		休养	生息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūyǎngshēngxī, xiūyǎngshēngxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧㄡ ㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ joeng⁵ sang¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūyǎngshēngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siouyǎngshengsi
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-yang³-shêng¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: syōu-yǎng-shēng-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouyeangshengshi
    • Palladius: сюяншэнси (sjujanšɛnsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūyǎngshēngxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siouyǎngshengsí
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-yang³-shêng¹-hsi²
    • Yale: syōu-yǎng-shēng-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouyeangshengshyi
    • Palladius: сюяншэнси (sjujanšɛnsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ joeng⁵ sang¹ sik¹
    • Yale: yāu yéuhng sāng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ joeng⁵ sang¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ yêng⁵ seng¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

休養生息

1. (of a person) to rest and recuperate; to convalesce; (of society) to recover (after a war or upheaval) and regain vitality