Kilo Lingo

(xiū) - to rest, to cease (bound morpheme) in Mandarin

xiū

Traditional: 休

Line drawing of 休
Coloured illustration of 休
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Translation

to rest, to cease (bound morpheme)

Word origin

An ideographic character showing a person (亻) leaning against a tree (木), depicting someone taking a rest, hence to rest or to cease.

Origin
ideographic
Root
亻 (person) + 木 (tree)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 休

Examples

Let's take a rest.

You need a good rest.

Weekends are for rest.

Today we are off work.

yǎng

He is recovering at home.

休 (xiū) means to rest or to cease. It is a bound morpheme and chiefly appears in 休息 (xiū xi), to rest.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 休.

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This word is part of lesson 106.