休
xiūXiū HSK1

rest

休 xiū frequency
rest verb
to rest or take a break from work or activity

累了就休息一会儿。

lèi le jiù xiū xī yī​huì​r.

Take a rest for a while if you are tired.

cease verb
to stop, terminate, or discontinue an action or state

双方终于达成协议，正式休战。

shuāng​fāng zhōng​yú dá​chéng xié​yì, zhèng​shì xiū zhàn.

The two sides finally reached an agreement for a formal truce.

don't verb
a prohibitive particle used in imperative sentences

你休想推卸责任。

nǐ xiū xiǎng tuī​xiè zé​rèn.

Don't even think about shirking your responsibility.

休 Xiū
Xiu proper name
surname Xiu

休先生是这家书店的老板。

Xiū xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā shū​diàn de lǎo​bǎn.

Mr. Xiu is the owner of this bookstore.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,082nd most common 137.1 per million
Movie subtitles
715th most common 181.6 per million appears in 58% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
20.9 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
16.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+4F11

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)