休養

See also: 休养

Chinese

		to rest	give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.)
trad. (休養)		休	養
simp. (休养)		休	养

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiūyǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ joeng⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hiû-yông

(Hailu, HRS): hiu^ˋ rhong^ˋ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiu-ióng / hiu-iáng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiun¹ iang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūyǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siouyǎng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-yang³
  - Yale: syōu-yǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouyeang
  - Palladius: сюян (sjujan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    休養 / 休养
    修養 / 修养
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau¹ joeng⁵
  - Yale: yāu yéuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ joeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ yêng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiû-yông
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiu^ˊ iong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiu¹ yong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiû-yông
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiu^ˊ (r)iong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiu¹ yong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiu^ˋ rhong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /hiu⁵³ ʒoŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-ióng
  - Tâi-lô: hiu-ióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'iorng
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³ iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-iáng
  - Tâi-lô: hiu-iáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'iarng
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² iaŋ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiun¹ iang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiuⁿ iáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩũ³³⁻²³ iaŋ⁵²/

Verb

休養

to recuperate; to rest and recover; to convalesce

Synonyms

療養／疗养 (liáoyǎng)

Derived terms

休養所 / 休养所 (xiūyǎngsuǒ)
休養生息 / 休养生息 (xiūyǎngshēngxī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
休	養
きゅう Grade: 1	よう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きゅうよー [kyùúyóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kʲɨːjo̞ː]

Noun

休(きゅう)養(よう) • (kyūyō)

rest, time off from work
ゆっくり休養(きゅうよう)をとってください。
Yukkuri kyūyō o totte kudasai.
Take a good rest.
recuperation

Synonyms

(rest): 休憩(きゅうけい) (kyūkei), 休息(きゅうそく) (kyūsoku)

Verb

休(きゅう)養(よう)する • (kyūyō suru) suru (stem 休(きゅう)養(よう)し (kyūyō shi), past 休(きゅう)養(よう)した (kyūyō shita))

to rest
to recuperate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "休養する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	休養し	きゅうようし	kyūyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	休養し	きゅうようし	kyūyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	休養する	きゅうようする	kyūyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	休養する	きゅうようする	kyūyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	休養すれ	きゅうようすれ	kyūyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	休養せよ¹ 休養しろ²	きゅうようせよ¹ きゅうようしろ²	kyūyō seyo¹ kyūyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	休養される	きゅうようされる	kyūyō sareru
Causative	休養させる休養さす	きゅうようさせるきゅうようさす	kyūyō saseru kyūyō sasu
Potential	休養できる	きゅうようできる	kyūyō dekiru
Volitional	休養しよう	きゅうようしよう	kyūyō shiyō
Negative	休養しない	きゅうようしない	kyūyō shinai
Negative continuative	休養せず	きゅうようせず	kyūyō sezu
Formal	休養します	きゅうようします	kyūyō shimasu
Perfective	休養した	きゅうようした	kyūyō shita
Conjunctive	休養して	きゅうようして	kyūyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	休養すれば	きゅうようすれば	kyūyō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

(rest): 寛(くつろ)ぐ (kutsurogu)

References

“休養”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN