休 jau¹ {xiū}

1. to rest
2. to stop doing sth for a period of time
3. to cease
4. (imperative) don't

休 jau¹ {Xiū}

surname Xiu

休戚 jau¹ cik¹ {xiū qī}

Happiness and Sorrow,Joy and sad

休閑〔-闲〕 jau¹ haan⁴ {xiū xián}

relaxing, leisure

休憩 jau¹ hei³ {xiū qì}

recreation

休眠 jau¹ min⁴ {xiū mián}

dormancy, hibernate

休息 jau¹ sik¹ {xiū xi}

1. take a break 2. to bed or sleep

休兵 jau¹ bing¹ {xiū bīng}

1. to cease fire
2. armistice
3. rested troops

休妻 jau¹ cai¹ {xiū qī}

to repudiate one's wife

休達〔-达〕 jau¹ daat⁶ {Xiū dá}

Sebta or Ceuta (city in north Morocco)

休假 jau¹ gaa³ {xiū jià}

1. to take a vacation
2. to go on holiday

休閒〔-闲〕 jau¹ haan⁴ {xiū xián}

1. leisure
2. relaxation
3. not working
4. idle
5. to enjoy leisure
6. to lie fallow

休克 jau¹ hak¹ {xiū kè}

1. shock (loanword)
2. to go into shock

休憩 jau¹ hei³ {xiū qì}

1. to rest
2. to sleep

休學〔-学〕 jau¹ hok⁶ {xiū xué}

1. to suspend schooling
2. to defer study

休養〔-养〕 jau¹ joeng⁵ {xiū yǎng}

1. to recuperate
2. to recover
3. to convalesce

休眠 jau¹ min⁴ {xiū mián}

1. to be dormant (biology)
2. inactive (volcano)
3. to hibernate (computing)

休謨〔-谟〕 jau¹ mou⁴ {Xiū mó}

David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish Enlightenment philosopher

休寧〔-宁〕 jau¹ ning⁴ {Xiū níng}

Xiuning county in Huangshan 黃山, Anhui

休息 jau¹ sik¹ {xiū xi}

1. rest
2. to rest

休惜 jau¹ sik¹ {xiū xī}

recess

休想 jau¹ soeng² {xiū xiǎng}

1. don't think (that)
2. don't imagine (that)

休庭 jau¹ ting⁴ {xiū tíng}

to adjourn (law)

休會〔-会〕 jau¹ wui² {xiū huì}

to adjourn

休止 jau¹ zi² {xiū zhǐ}

to stop

休戰〔-战〕 jau¹ zin³ {xiū zhàn}

armistice

休整 jau¹ zing² {xiū zhěng}

to rest and reorganize (military)

休养所 jau¹ joeng⁵ so² {xiū yǎng suǒ}

Sanatorium

休養所〔-养-〕 jau¹ joeng⁵ so² {xiū yǎng suǒ}

Sanatorium

休閑褲〔-闲裤〕 jau¹ haan⁴ fu³ {xiū xián kù}

casual pants

休閒鞋〔-闲-〕 jau¹ haan⁴ haai⁴ {xiū xián xié}

leisure shoes

休伊特 jau¹ ji¹ dak⁶ {Xiū yī tè}

Hewitt

休旅車〔--车〕 jau¹ leoi⁵ ce¹ {xiū lǚ chē}

sport utility vehicle (SUV)

休倫湖〔-伦-〕 jau¹ leon⁴ wu⁴ {Xiū lún Hú}

Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖

休寧縣〔-宁县〕 jau¹ ning⁴ jyun⁶ {Xiū níng xiàn}

Xiuning county in Huangshan 黃山, Anhui

休斯敦 jau¹ si¹ deon¹ {Xiū sī dūn}

Houston, Texas

休斯頓〔--顿〕 jau¹ si¹ deon⁶ {Xiū sī dùn}

Houston

休士頓〔--顿〕 jau¹ si⁶ deon⁶ {Xiū shì dùn}

Houston, Texas

休息室 jau¹ sik¹ sat¹ {xiū xī shì}

1. lobby
2. lounge

休止符 jau¹ zi² fu⁴ {xiū zhǐ fú}

rest (music)

休息時間〔--时间〕 jau¹ sik¹ si⁴ gaan³ {xiū xí shí jiān}

break time

休戚相關〔---关〕 jau¹ cik¹ soeng¹ gwaan¹ {xiū qī xiāng guān}

1. to share the same interests (idiom)
2. to be closely related
3. to be in the same boat

休養生息〔-养--〕 jau¹ joeng⁵ sang¹ sik¹ {xiū yǎng shēng xī}

1. to recover
2. to recuperate

休眠火山 jau¹ min⁴ fo² saan¹ {xiū mián huǒ shān}

dormant volcano

休氏樹鶯〔--树莺〕 jau¹ si⁶ syu⁶ ang¹ {Xiū shì shù yīng}

(Chinese bird species) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)

休氏旋木雀 jau¹ si⁶ syun⁴ muk⁶ zoek³ {Xiū shì xuán mù què}

(Chinese bird species) Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)

休氏白喉林鶯〔-----莺〕 jau¹ si⁶ baak⁶ hau⁴ lam⁴ ang¹ {Xiū shì bái hóu lín yīng}

(Chinese bird species) Hume's whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)