休: rest; stop

休 xīu

: rest
: to stop doing something for a period of time; to cease
: (imperative) don’t

Kun Reading

休み | やすみ yasumi

noun
: rest; recess; respite
: vacation; holiday; absence; suspension
: dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

休む | やすむ yasumu

godan verb with mu ending | intransitive verb
: to be absent; to take a day off
: to rest; to have a break
: to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
: to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business

休め | やすめ yasume

interjection
: (Stand) at ease!

休まる | やすまる yasumaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

休める | やすめる yasumeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to rest; to suspend; to give relief

休らい | やすらい yasurai

noun
: resting; relaxing
: hesitating; loitering

休らう | やすらう yasurau

godan verb with u ending
: to rest; to relax

休息 xiu1xi: rest; to rest [きゅうそく kyuusoku: rest; relief; relaxation]

休假 xiu1jia4: to take a vacation; to go on holiday

休止 xiu1zhi3: to stop [きゅうし kyuushi: pause; cessation; rest]

休閒[闲] xiu1xian2: leisure; relaxation; not working; idle; to enjoy leisure; to lie fallow

休養[养] xiu1yang3: to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce
[休養 | きゅうよう kyuuyou: rest; break; recreation]

休克 xiu1ke4: shock (loanword); to go into shock

休學[学] xiu1xue2: to suspend schooling; to defer study
[休学 | きゅうがく kyuugaku: temporary absence from school; suspension]

退休 tui4xiu1: to retire; retirement (from work)

退休金 tui4 xiu1 jin1: retirement pay; pension

離[离]休 li2xiu1: to retire; to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)

不休 bu4xiu1: endlessly; ceaselessly

且休 qie3xiu1: rest for now; stop (usually imperative form)

乞休 qi3xiu1: to request permission to resign from an official position (old)

休日 | きゅうじつ kyuujitsu: holiday; day off

雙休日 | 双休日 shuang1 xiu1 ri4: two-day weekend
 
公休日 gong1 xiu1 ri4: public holiday [こうきゅうび koukyuubi: legal holiday]  
特別休日 | とくべつきゅうじつ tokubetsu kyuujitsu: special holiday

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
お休みなさい | おやすみなさい oyasuminasai
: good night

休み明け | やすみあけ yasumi ake
: just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays

休憩を取る | きゅうけいをとる kyuukei o toru
: to take a break

休止符を打つ | きゅうしふをうつ kyuushifu o utsu
: to put a period to

*不眠不休 | ふみんふきゅう fumin fukyuu
: (yoji) without sleep or rest; day and night

閑話休題 | かんわきゅうだい kanwa kyuudai
: (yoji) Now let’s return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)

飛び石連休 | とびいしれんきゅう tobiishi renkyuu
: (yoji) series of holidays with one or two workdays in between

万事休す |ばんじきゅうす banji kyuusu
: There is nothing more that can be done

一服休憩 | いっぷくきゅうけい ippuku kyuukei
: (yoji) tea (coffee, cigarette) break

下手な考え休むに似たり | へたなかんがえやすむににたり heta na kangae yasumu ni nitari
: (proverb) It’s hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one. They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep. Poor thinking is futile. Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

馬鹿も休み休み言え | ばかもやすみやすみいえ baka mo yasumi yasumi ie
: stop talking nonsense; don’t be ridiculous; give me a break

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
一醉方休 yi1 zui4 fang1 xiu1
: to get thoroughly drunk; to get plastered

刺刺不休 ci4 ci4 bu4 xiu1
: to talk incessantly; to chatter on and on

案甲休兵 an4 jia3 xiu1 bing1
: to put down weapon and let soldiers rest; to relax from fighting

無休無止 [无休无止] wu2 xiu1 wu2 zhi3
: ceaseless; endless

*不眠不休 bu4 mian2 bu4 xiu1
: without stopping to sleep or have a rest

一不做，二不休 yi1 bu4 zuo4 , er4 bu4 xiu1
: don’t do it, or don’t rest; either give up, or go through to the end. In for a penny, in for a pound