粵

休jau1息sik1

jau1 sik1xiū xi

English

  1. rest
  2. take a break
  3. to rest
  4. to bed or sleep
  5. to rest; to take a break

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 暫停做緊嘅嘢,用時間令身心回復,即係抖

Examples

  • 渠等話要休息。

    They said that they needed a rest.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 你不如休息下啦!

    I suggest that you rest for a while.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 我哋休息十分鐘啦。

    Let's take a ten-minute break.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我想系呢到休息一下。

    Tatoeba · michu CC BY

  • 佢哋而家喺度休息緊。

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 嗯,唔好意思。 我可唔可以坐低休息一陣? 我有暈車浪同埋覺得好悶。

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

  • 我哋休息十分鐘再繼續。

    Let's take a ten-minute break before we continue.

  • 你呢個星期返足七日工,幾時先休息呀?

    You have worked seven days this week! When are you going to rest?

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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