休 xiū

1. xiū verb to rest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: xjuw; in the sense of 休息 (ABC bf 'xiū' 2; GHC '休' 1; Kroll 2015 '休' 1; NCCED '休' 1)
2. xiū verb to stop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 停止 (ABC bf 'xiū' 2; GHC '休' 2; Kroll 2015 '休' 1a; NCCED '休' 2)
3. xiū verb to take leave
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 休假 (ABC bf 'xiū' 3)
4. xiū adjective lucky; beneficial
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC bf 'xiū' 4; GHC '休' 7; Kroll 2015 '休' 2; NCCED '休' 5)
5. xiū adverb to not
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 别 (ABC adv 'xiū'; Kroll 2015 '休' 4; GHC '休' 3; NCCED '休' 3)
6. xiū verb to cast of one's wife
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC v 'xiū'; GHC '休' 5; Kroll 2015 '休' 1b; NCCED '休' 4)
7. xiū verb to retire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '休' 4; Kroll 2015 '休' 1b)
8. xiū adjective first-rate; best quality
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '休' 3)
9. xiū noun shade from a tree
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 树荫 (GHC '休' 6)

Contained in

• 万事皆休(萬事皆休) put everything on hold
• 全休 complete rest (after an illness)
• 休书(休書) divorce certificate
• 休眠 to be dormant (biology); inactive (volcano); to hibernate (computing)
• 不死不休 to fight to one's last gasp
• 惠特妮·休斯顿(惠特妮·休斯頓) Whitney Houston
• 一醉方休 to get thoroughly drunk ; to get plastered
• 休闲(休閒) leisure ; to lie fallow
• 休憩 to rest; to sleep
• 退休金 retirement pay; pension
• 休战(休戰) armistice
• 休职(休職) to be suspended from duties
• 罢休(罷休) to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let something go; forget it; let the matter drop
• 补休(補休) to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays)
• 休戚 joy and grief
• 休止符 rest
• 休闲鞋(休閒鞋) leisure shoes
• 休止 to stop
• 周休二日(週休二日) two-day weekend (usually Saturday and Sunday)
• 休惜 recess
• 休贞(休貞) an auspicious place for a grave
• 休兵 to cease fire; armistice; rested troops
• 且休 rest for now; stop (usually imperative form)
• 休氏白喉林莺(休氏白喉林鶯) Hume's whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)
• 离休(離休) to retire
• 喋喋不休 to chatter or jabber on and on
• 休庭 to adjourn
• 休谟(休謨) Hume
• 休戚相关(休戚相關) closely related
• 固无休息(固無休息) never resting
• 休市 to close the market (for a holiday or overnight etc)
• 休氏旋木雀 Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)
• 不眠不休 without stopping to sleep or have a rest
• 休养生息(休養生息) to recuperate
• 休克 to go into shock
• 休学(休學) to stop study; to suspend study
• 解甲休士 remove armor and stop battle
• 休戚与共(休戚與共) joy and grief are shared together
• 休妻 to separate from one's wife
• 双休日(雙休日) two-day weekend
• 休息室 lobby; lounge
• 休整 to rest and reorganize
• 休息 to rest ; to recuperate ; to be at peace

Also contained in

休达 、 休屠 、 介休市 、 休伦湖 、 休宁县 、 休斯顿 、 皮日休 、 孙休

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷七十二 列傳第三十二 文九王 Volume 72 Biographies 32: Wen Jiuwang Book of Song 宋書 — count: 190
• 卷十四　　列傳第四　宋宗室及諸王下 Volume 14 Biographies 4: Members of the Song Imperial Family 2 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 127
• 卷八 本紀第八 明帝 Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Ming Book of Song 宋書 — count: 54
• 卷四十七　列傳第三十五:　袁翻 陽尼 賈思伯 祖瑩 Volume 47 Biographies 35: Yuan Fan, Yang Ni, Jiao Sibo, Zu Ying History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 47
• 卷七十九 列傳第三十九 文五王 Volume 79 Biographies 39: Wen Wuwang Book of Song 宋書 — count: 45
• 卷97 島夷桓玄 海夷馮跋 島夷劉裕 Volume 97: Huan Xuan of the Daoyi People, Feng Ba of the Haiyi, Liu Yu of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 41
• 卷四十八 吳書三 三嗣主傳 Volume 48: Book of Wu 3 - Biographies of the three heirs Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 39
• 卷一百二十七 列傳第七十七: 姚令言 張光晟 源休 喬琳 張涉 蔣鎮 洪經綸 彭偃 Volume 127 Biographies 77: Yao Lingyan, Zhang Guangcheng, Yuan Xiu, Qiao Lin, Zhang She, Jiang Zhen, Hong Jinglun, Peng Yan Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 38
• 第九十六回 Chapter 96 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 38
• 卷43 嚴棱 毛修之 唐和 劉休賓 房法夀 Volume 43: Yan Leng, Mao Xiuzhi, Tang He, Liu Xiubin, Fang Fashou Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 36

Collocations

• 休休 (休休) 良士休休 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧蟋蟀 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Xi Shuai — count: 8
• 休命 (休命) 疇敢不祗若王之休命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命上（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue I (forged) — count: 6
• 天休 (天休) 以承天休 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 6
• 仪休 (儀休) 公儀休相魯 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十二　道應訓 Chapter 12: Responses of the Way — count: 5
• 用休 (用休) 戒之用休 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 5
• 心休 (心休) 其心休休焉 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 秦誓 Zhou Shu - Speech of the Marquis of Qin — count: 3
• 休祥 (休祥) 襲于休祥 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓中 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration II — count: 3
• 休明 (休明) 德之休明 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 咸休 (鹹休) 與國咸休 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 微子之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Count of Wei — count: 3
• 百工休 (百工休) 則百工休 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 2