休憩

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to rest	to rest
trad. (休憩)		休	憩
simp. ^#(休憩)		休	憩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiūqì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ hei³ / jau¹ tim⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiu-khè / hiu-khì / hiu-khé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sioucì
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: syōu-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouchih
  - Palladius: сюци (sjuci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau¹ hei³ / jau¹ tim⁵
  - Yale: yāu hei / yāu tíhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ hei³ / jau¹ tim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ héi³ / yeo¹ tim⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ hei̯³³/, /jɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰiːm¹³/

Note: jau1 tim5 - nonstandard.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-khè
  - Tâi-lô: hiu-khè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'qex
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰe²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³ kʰe⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-khì
  - Tâi-lô: hiu-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'qix
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-khé
  - Tâi-lô: hiu-khé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'qea
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴¹/

Verb

休憩

(literary) to rest; to take a break

Synonyms

(to rest):

休息
停歇 (tíngxiē)
停睏 / 停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
喘氣 / 喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to take a breather)
安息 (ānxī)
小歇 (Hokkien)
憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
敨 (tau²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
歇 (xiē)
歇喘 (Hokkien, to take a breather)
歇息 (xiēxi)
歇氣 / 歇气 (xiēqì) (to take a breather)
歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
歇睏 / 歇困 (Hakka, Hokkien)

Derived terms

休憩處 / 休憩处 (“sitting-out area”)

Etymology 2

		to rest	to rest
trad. (休憩)		休	憩
simp. ^#(休憩)		休	憩
alternative forms		QK

From Japanese 休憩(きゅうけい) (kyūkei).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiŭ-khé

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiŭ-khé
  - Tâi-lô: khiű-khé
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰiu³⁵ kʰe⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiu³⁵ kʰe⁴¹/

Verb

休憩

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to rest; to take a break
(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to have a secret sexual encounter; to have sex at a hotel

Japanese

Kanji in this term
休	憩
きゅう Grade: 1	けい Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
QK (Internet slang)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きゅうけー [kyùúkéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kʲɨːke̞ː]

Noun

休(きゅう)憩(けい) • (kyūkei) ^{←きうけい (kiukei)^?}

a rest; a break; an intermission

Synonyms

休息(きゅうそく) (kyūsoku)
休(やす)み (yasumi)

Verb

休(きゅう)憩(けい)する • (kyūkei suru) suru (stem 休(きゅう)憩(けい)し (kyūkei shi), past 休(きゅう)憩(けい)した (kyūkei shita))

rest; take a break

Conjugation

Conjugation of "休憩する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	休憩し	きゅうけいし	kyūkei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	休憩し	きゅうけいし	kyūkei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	休憩する	きゅうけいする	kyūkei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	休憩する	きゅうけいする	kyūkei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	休憩すれ	きゅうけいすれ	kyūkei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	休憩せよ¹ 休憩しろ²	きゅうけいせよ¹ きゅうけいしろ²	kyūkei seyo¹ kyūkei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	休憩される	きゅうけいされる	kyūkei sareru
Causative	休憩させる休憩さす	きゅうけいさせるきゅうけいさす	kyūkei saseru kyūkei sasu
Potential	休憩できる	きゅうけいできる	kyūkei dekiru
Volitional	休憩しよう	きゅうけいしよう	kyūkei shiyō
Negative	休憩しない	きゅうけいしない	kyūkei shinai
Negative continuative	休憩せず	きゅうけいせず	kyūkei sezu
Formal	休憩します	きゅうけいします	kyūkei shimasu
Perfective	休憩した	きゅうけいした	kyūkei shita
Conjunctive	休憩して	きゅうけいして	kyūkei shite
Hypothetical conditional	休憩すれば	きゅうけいすれば	kyūkei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

休(やす)む (yasumu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“休憩”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026