歇息

Chinese

		to rest	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (歇息)		歇	息
simp. #(歇息)		歇	息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiēxi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝ ˙ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hit³ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiēxi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ ˙ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siesi̊
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh¹-hsi⁵
    • Yale: syē-syi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shie.shi
    • Palladius: сеси (sesi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hit³ sik¹
    • Yale: hit sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hit⁸ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hid³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːt̚³ sɪk̚⁵/

Verb

歇息

1. to have a rest
2. to put up for the night

Synonyms

• (have a rest):

(deprecated template usage)

• 休息
• 休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 停睏／停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 喘氣／喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to take a breather)
• 安息 (ānxī)
• 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
• 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 敨 (tau²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 歇 (xiē)
• 歇喘 (Hokkien, to take a breather)
• 歇氣／歇气 (xiēqì) (to take a breather)
• 歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 歇睏／歇困 (Hakka, Hokkien)

 

Antonyms

• (have a rest): 工作 (gōngzuò)