休息

休息 xiūxi in a sentence

To rest

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 26 sentences

休息 (xiūxi) means To rest. Below are 24 of the 26 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

我们 休息 十分钟。

Wǒmen xiūxi shí fēnzhōng.

Let's take a ten-minute break.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 休息

星期天我在家 休息 。

Xīngqītiān wǒ zài jiā xiūxi.

On Sunday I rest at home.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 休息

他在房间里 休息 。

Tā zài fángjiān lǐ xiūxi.

He is resting in his room.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 房间

他躺在床上 休息 。

Tā tǎng zài chuáng shàng xiūxi.

He is lying on the bed resting.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 躺

他靠在墙上 休息 。

Tā kào zài qiáng shàng xiūxi.

He leaned against the wall to rest.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 靠

我劝他早点 休息 。

Wǒ quàn tā zǎodiǎn xiūxi.

I urged him to rest early.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 劝

你累了就 休息 一下。

Nǐ lèi le jiù xiūxi yíxià.

If you're tired, take a rest.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 累

你应该早点儿 休息 。

Nǐ yīnggāi zǎo diǎnr xiūxi.

You should rest a bit earlier.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 应该

你最好早点儿 休息 。

Nǐ zuìhǎo zǎodiǎnr xiūxi.

You had better get some rest early.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 最好

怀孕的时候要注意 休息 。

Huáiyùn de shíhou yào zhùyì xiūxi.

You should be careful to rest during pregnancy.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 怀孕

休息 一下可以缓解疲劳。

Xiūxi yíxià kěyǐ huǎnjiě píláo.

A short rest relieves fatigue.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 疲劳

他正在 休息 ,别去打扰他。

Tā zhèngzài xiūxi, bié qù dǎrǎo tā.

He is resting; do not go and disturb him.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 打扰

工地的噪音让人无法 休息 。

Gōngdì de zàoyīn ràng rén wúfǎ xiūxi.

The noise from the building site makes rest impossible.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 噪音

他的病不要紧, 休息 几天就好。

Tā de bìng bú yàojǐn, xiūxi jǐ tiān jiù hǎo.

His illness is not serious; a few days of rest will do.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不要紧

他工作繁忙,很少有时间 休息 。

Tā gōngzuò fánmáng, hěn shǎo yǒu shíjiān xiūxi.

His work is so busy that he rarely has time to rest.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 繁忙

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From the graded readers

中午吃完饭,我想 休息 一会儿。

zhōngwǔ chīwán fàn, wǒ xiǎng xiūxi yìhuir.

After lunch I thought I'd rest for a bit.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend

我在家 休息 了两天,现在已经好了。

wǒ zàijiā xiūxi le / liǎo / liào liǎng tiān, xiànzài yǐjīng hǎo / hào le / liǎo / liào.

I rested at home for two days, and I'm better now.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor

刚开始 休息 的时候,我特别不习惯。

gāng kāishǐ xiūxi de / dì shíhou, wǒ tèbié bù xíguàn.

At first I found resting extremely uncomfortable.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure

医生说我睡眠太少,让我至少 休息 两个星期。

yīshēng shuō wǒ shuìmián tài shǎo / shào, ràng wǒ zhìshǎo xiūxi liǎng gè xīngqī.

The doctor said I was badly short of sleep and told me to rest for at least two weeks.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure

他说:“一天吃三次,多喝热水,好好 休息 。”

tā shuō:" yī tiān chī sāncì, duō hē / hè rè shuǐ, hǎohǎo xiūxi."

He said, "Three times a day, drink plenty of hot water, and rest properly."

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor

后来我慢慢发现, 休息 以后我做事反而更快了。

hòulái wǒ mànmàn fāxiàn, xiūxi yǐhòu wǒ zuòshì fǎn'ér gèng / gēng kuài le / liǎo / liào.

Then I gradually noticed that after resting I actually worked faster.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure

走到三楼的时候,我看见一位阿姨站在那里 休息 。

zǒudào sān lóu de / dì shíhou, wǒ kànjiàn yī wèi ā / ē yí zhàn zài nàli xiūxi.

On the third floor I saw a woman standing there resting.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger

From the grammar library

我需要 休息 。

Wǒ xūyào xiūxi.

I need to rest.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 想 / 要 / 需要 — want and need

我们 休息 休息 吧。

Wǒmen xiūxi xiūxi ba.

Let's take a little break.

Grammar library · HSK 3 · Verb reduplication — 看看, 试试

休息 appears in 26 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Questions about 休息

How is 休息 used in a sentence?

This page shows 26 sentences using 休息 (xiūxi, "To rest"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 休息 an HSK word?

Yes — 休息 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

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The dictionary page for 休息 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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