Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiē
English
- rest, stop, lodge
- to rest
- knock off
- to stop; to rest
- to take a break
- go to bed; sleep
- to stop
- to halt
- (dialect) to sleep
- a moment
- a short while
粵語
- 暫停活動，休息
As a component in
Words containing 歇
- 間歇gaan3 hit3
to stop in the middle of sth
- 歇業hit3 jip6
to close down (temporarily or permanently)
- 歇腳hit3 goek3
to stop on the way for a rest
- 歇息hit3 sik1
to have a rest
- 歇宿hit3 suk1
to lodge
- 歇斯底里hit3 si1 dai2 lei5
hysteria (loanword)
- 歇心hit3 sam1
to drop the matter
- 歇馬hit3 maa5
to rest; to rest one's horse
- 安歇on1 hit3
to go to bed
- 歇氣hit3 hei3
to have a break
- 歇頂hit3 deng2
to be balding
- 歇後語kit3 hau6 jyu5
anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)
- 勿歇mat6 hit3
continuously, non-stop; not resting
- 停歇ting4 hit3
to stop for a rest
- 歇手hit3 sau2
to rest
- 歇口hit3 hau2
- 歇聲hit3 seng1
- 歇菜hit3 coi3
(dialect) to stop functioning
- 茶歇caa4 hit3
tea break; coffee break
- 止歇zi2 hit3
to stop; to cease
- 米歇爾mai5 hit3 ji5
Michel or Mitchell (name)
- 馬歇爾maa5 hit3 ji5
Marshall (name)
- 歇歇腳hit3 hit3 goek3
to take a rest; to rest one's feet; to rest for a while [written and colloquial]
- 歇歇腳hit3 hit3 goek3
to take a rest; to rest one's feet; to rest for a while [written and colloquial]