休

The character "休" has 6 strokes. "休" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "休" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "休" are "xiū" "xǔ" . View the stroke order of "休">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "休"

v.: rest; stop; cease; end; cast off one's wife and send her home

adv.: don't

adj.: joyous; jubilant

• rest : v.休息；休憩；歇息；休养；倚；靠；被支撑；保持不变；相信；在于
• stop : v.结束；停止；填塞；处于；表现；停下来；阻挡；总是；中止
• cease : v.停止；终止；使（某行动）结束
• end : n.最后部分；末尾；端；稍；尽头；目的；目标；一阵；一回；边锋
• don't : contraction不（同do not）
• joyous : adj.充满幸福和欢乐的；非常高兴的
• jubilant : adj.欢欣的；欢腾的；喜气洋洋的

Form words with "休"

休病假 be on sick leave

休长假 take a long holiday

Example phrases using "休"

• 休与他理会是非曲直。

  Don’t reason out the truths and wrongs with him.

• 人无笑脸休开店。

  A man without a smiling face should not open a shop. / A smiling face wins favour.

• 人死万债休。

  Death pays/quits all debts.

• 这个医生被普遍称为“休伯特”。

  The doctor was universally known as ‘Hubert’.

• 休不得不七拼八凑地装配一个东西。

  Hugh had to kludge something together.

• 他很精明，避免与休·索恩利交往。

  He had the cop-on to stay clear of Hugh Thornley.

• 我和休分居后，爸爸非常恼火。

  Daddy was fit to be tied when I separated from Hugh.

• 图书馆今年有许多人退了休。

  [count noun]the library has seen a large number of retirements this year.

• 他应被封为休伯特爵士。

  He should be dubbed Sir Hubert.

• 托德向休啐了一口唾沫。

  Todd spat in Hugh's face.