休息
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 2
休息 (xiūxi) · to rest
休息 (xiūxi) means “to rest”. It is written with 2 characters: 休 (rest) + 息 (rest). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 休息 is built
The characters
休 xiū · rest
What 休 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A person 亻 leaning against a tree 木 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
息 xī · rest
What 息 is made of
- 自zì — self
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 二 — two strokes
- 目mù — eye
- 心xīn — heart
Origin hint: To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
你累了，休息一下吧。Nǐ lèi le, xiūxi yīxià ba.You're tired, take a rest.
你星期天休息吗？Nǐ xīngqītiān xiūxi ma?Do you have Sundays off?
Questions about 休息
What does 休息 mean?
休息 (xiūxi) means “to rest”.
How do you pronounce 休息?
休息 is pronounced xiūxi.
Which HSK level is 休息?
休息 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 休假xiūjiàto take a vacation
- 退休tuìxiūto retire
- 休闲xiūxiánleisure
- 信息xìnxīinformation
- 消息xiāoxinews
- 利息lìxīinterest (on money)
- 出息chūxipromise
- 川流不息chuānliúbùxīnever-ending flow (of people, traffic)
- 作息zuòxīwork and rest
Learn 休息 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 27: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.