Rest in Chinese
to rest · HSK 1
休息
- 休 to rest
- 息 breath
累了就休息一下吧。 If you're tired, take a break.
Other ways to say rest
More words with 休 or 息
How do you say rest in Chinese?
Rest in Chinese is 休息 (xiū xi). You can also say 其余 (qí yú), 歇 (xiē), 其他 (qí tā).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.