REST 休息息
STOP WORK.
RELAXTAKE A RESTEASE UP/OFFLET UPSLOW DOWNHAVE/TAKE A BREAKUNBENDUNWINDRECHARGE ONE'S BATTERIESBE AT LEISURETAKE IT EASYPUT ONE'S FEET UPLIE DOWNGO TO BEDHAVE/TAKE A NAPCATNAPDOZESLEEPINFORMAL TAKE FIVEHAVE/TAKE A BREATHERCATCH FORTY WINKSGET SOME SHUT-EYETAKE A LOAD OFFCHILLCHILL OUTCATCH SOME ZS
Antonym
- ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
Hypernym
- STOPACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION.
See also
- LEISUREPEACEFUL BECAUSE one LACKS DUTY to WORK.
- PEACEFULDELIGHTFUL BECAUSE ORDERLY AND LACKING CHAOS.
- PLAYACT NOT SERIOUSLY so as to CAUSE ONESELF to BECOME DELIGHTED.
Hyponym
- SLEEP REST INTENSELY so as to LACK AWARENESS.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for resting is xí 息 (ant. zuò 作 "work").
2. Xiū 休 (ant. láo 勞 "work hard") refers to brief break in a working process.
3. Yàn 晏 (ant. qín 勤 "work assiduously") refers to relaxing at home.
4. Qì 憩 (ant. xīn 辛 "work strenuously until exhaustion") is an elevated poetic word for resting.
NB: Xiē 歇 is post-Han.
2. Xiū 休 (ant. láo 勞 "work hard") refers to brief break in a working process.
3. Yàn 晏 (ant. qín 勤 "work assiduously") refers to relaxing at home.
4. Qì 憩 (ant. xīn 辛 "work strenuously until exhaustion") is an elevated poetic word for resting.
NB: Xiē 歇 is post-Han.
Modern Chinese Criteria
休息
歇息
喘息
甦息
停歇
歇閑
歇氣
歇乏
喘氣
安息 "rest in peace'
安眠 "sleep in peace"
休
歇
息
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
歇息
喘息
甦息
停歇
歇閑
歇氣
歇乏
喘氣
安息 "rest in peace'
安眠 "sleep in peace"
休
歇
息
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
- Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum
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LANGIUS 1631)
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REQUIES
- 現代漢語同義詞詞典
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LIU SHUXIN 1987)
p.
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Words
寢 qǐn OC: skhimʔ MC: tshim 74 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactresting; going to rest
- viactlie in bed; stay in bed; keep in bed
- viacttake a rest; go to rest; go to sleep
- vt+prep+Nrest in (sleeping place etc)
- vtoNbe in bed because of N; keep in bed with (a flue)
- vtoNN=placerest onself on when going to sleep; to sleep on, sleep in (a place)
息 xī OC: sqlɯɡ MC: sɨk 22 AttributionsWD
The current general word for resting is xí 息 (ant. zuò 作 "work").
- Word relations
- Assoc: 休/REST
Xiū 休 (ant. láo 勞 "work hard") refers to brief break in a working process.
- Syntactic words
- vifind peace, find rest; get to rest
- viactrest; stop for breath
- vt(oN)take a rest in the contextually determinate NCH
- vtoNrest on; rest in
- vtoNcausativecause to rest, give rest to; reassure; give respite
- vtoNcausativeto let (somebody) have a rest
- vtoNcausativegive (oneself) rest
- vttoN1.+prep+N2figurativerest N1 on N2
休 xiū OC: qhu MC: hɨu 19 AttributionsWD
Xiū 休 (ant. láo 勞 "work hard") refers to brief break in a working process.
- Word relations
- Object: 兵/ARMY
Bīng 兵 "armed force" focusses on the weapons ready for use and may refer to any military grouping. [GENERAL] - Epithet: 不/NOT
- Assoc: 息/REST
The current general word for resting is xí 息 (ant. zuò 作 "work").
- Syntactic words
- nabactstop, rest
- vadNrestful (time etc)CH
- viacttake a rest; rest at, put up at
- viimperativerest!
- vt+prep+Nrest at the place N
- vtoNfind one's repose in, rest inCH
- vtoNcausativeallow to rest (e.g. the army); give peace to
- vtoNpermissiveallow oneself to rest
止 zhǐ OC: kljɯʔ MC: tɕɨ 10 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Ant: 動/MOVE
The current general word for movement of any kind, psychological as well as physical, is dòng 動 (ant. jìng 靜 "remain still"). - Ant: 行/ACT
The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE] - Assoc: 集/SIT
Jí 集 refers to birds settling in a certain place, often but not always in a flock. - Oppos: 進/ADVANCE
The standard general word for physically going or moving forward is jìn 進 (ant. tuì 退 "withdraw backwards"). >>GENERAL
- Syntactic words
- nabfeaturestillness
- viactbe at rest; take temporary abode; come to rest; be inactive, fail to engage in action
- vt prep Nfigurativerest in, reside in, be positioned inLZ
- vt+Nrest in a place N; take one's temporary abode in
- vt+prep+Nrest at N
休息 xiū xī OC: qhu sqlɯɡ MC: hɨu sɨk 7 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabacta rest (referring to a concrete instance of resting)
- VPicease and rest (SHIJI)
臥 wò OC: ŋʷaals MC: ŋʷɑ 5 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- viacttake a nap; stay in bed (because of illness)
- vtoNstay in bed because of (illness)
暇 xiá OC: ɡraas MC: ɦɣɛ
閑暇 xián xiá OC: ɢreen ɡraas MC: ɦɣɛn ɦɣɛ 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPi0intensitivethere is leisure and rest (from various kind of disasters)
寧處 níng chù OC: neeŋ qhljas MC: neŋ tɕhi̯ɤ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabactrest from work;
- VPiacttake a rest
居 jū OC: ka MC: ki̯ɤ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- DELETEact
- viactrestCH
- vtoNrest (one's mind etc)
處 chǔ OC: khljaʔ MC: tɕhi̯ɤ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- viremain in a place to take a rest
- vtoNfind one's place in> put up withCH
塈 Click here to add pinyin OC: MC: 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vito find rest; be at peace
憩 qì OC: khrads MC: khiɛi 1 AttributionWD
Qì 憩 (ant. xīn 辛 "work strenuously until exhaustion") is an elevated poetic word for resting.
- Syntactic words
- viacttake a rest
晏 yàn OC: qraans MC: ʔɣan 1 AttributionWD
Yàn 晏 (ant. qín 勤 "work assiduously") refers to relaxing at home.
- Syntactic words
- vadNcalm (resting place)
- viactrelax with feasting, relax
歇 xiē OC: qhad MC: hi̯ɐt 1 AttributionWD
NB: Xiē 歇 is post-Han.
- Syntactic words
- viactrest
置 zhì OC: tɯɡs MC: ʈɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vihave a rest, be given a rest (of horses, presumably at a relay station)
茇 Click here to add pinyin OC: MC: 1 AttributionWD
bá
- Syntactic words
- viactarchaic and poetic: camp in the open among the grasses
休歇 xiū xiē OC: qhu qhad MC: hɨu hi̯ɐt 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPirest; take a rest; pause and relax
住息 zhù xī OC: dos sqlɯɡ MC: ɖi̯o sɨk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiactstop all activities, rest
坐息 zuò xī OC: sɡoolʔ sqlɯɡ MC: dzʷɑ sɨk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiactsit and rest
安身 ān shēn OC: qaan qhjin MC: ʔɑn ɕin 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiactrest
止臥 zhǐ wò OC: kljɯʔ ŋʷaals MC: tɕɨ ŋʷɑ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiresultativerest and fall asleep
說 yuè MC: -- OC: lod 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- viactSHI: take one's pleasure in rest
寧居 níng jū MC: neng kjo OC: neeŋ kaCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiacttake time off to recuperate, restCH
茇 bá MC: bat OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNtake shelter atCH
遊居 yóu jū MC: yuw kjo OC: lu kaCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiactrestCH
居息 jū xī MC: kjo sik OC: ka sqlɯɡCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiactlive in peaceCH
愒 qì OC: khrads MC: khiɛi 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vito rest (SHI)
息心 xī xīn OC: sqlɯɡ slɯm MC: sɨk sim 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiactrelax; relent
游息 yóu xī OC: lu sqlɯɡ MC: jɨu sɨk 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNrelax with N
Click here to add pinyin MC: OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiacttake time off to recuperate, restCH
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