# 休憩
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiūqì
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^1$ hei$^3$ / jau$^1$ tim$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiu-khè / hiu-khì / hiu-khé
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiūqì
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sioucì
*** Wade–Giles: hsiu$^1$-chʻi$^4$
*** Yale: syōu-chì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouchih
*** Palladius: сюци (sjuci)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$休憩 修葺
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^1$ hei$^3$ / jau$^1$ tim$^5$
*** Yale: yāu hei / yāu tíhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^1$ hei$^3$ / jau$^1$ tim$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^1$ héi$^3$ / yeo$^1$ tim$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯⁵⁵ hei̯³³/, /jɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰiːm¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-khè
*** Tâi-lô: hiu-khè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'qex
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰe²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³ kʰe⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-khì
*** Tâi-lô: hiu-khì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'qix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-khé
*** Tâi-lô: hiu-khé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'qea
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁵³/
*** 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)
* 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
* 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
* 敨 (tau$^2$) (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

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
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰiu³⁵ kʰe⁵³/
*** 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])
* IPA: [kʲɨːke̞ː]

### Noun

休(きゅう)憩(けい) • (kyūkei)
* 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

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