HSK 5 · Verbs

歇 xiē “to rest” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 歇 means

  1. to rest
  2. to take a break
  3. to stop
  4. to halt
  5. a moment

How to say 歇

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale歇xiē1st tone, high and level

歇 in a sentence

  1. 我想让你歇歇。

    Wǒ xiǎng ràng nǐ xiēxie.

    I want you to take a break.

    Sentence #6065940 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 你看起来累了。你该歇息一会儿了。

    Nǐ kànqǐlai lèi le. Nǐ gāi xiēxi yíhuìr le.

    You look tired. You should rest for a while.

    Sentence #7781436 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 歇 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 歇 (xiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
歇xiēto rest
  • 曷what · héSound part
  • 欠yawn · qiànMeaning part

欠 hints at the meaning (yawn); 曷 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiē.

How to write 歇

歇 13 strokes

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歇 (xiē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 歇 (xiē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 歇

More words: Common Verbs

显示xiǎnshì · to show相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)享受xiǎngshòu · to enjoy消失xiāoshī · to disappear行动xíngdòng · to act形成xíngchéng · to form休闲xiūxián · leisure修改xiūgǎi · to amend

FAQs

歇 (xiē) means “to rest” or “to take a break”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiē: xiē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 歇 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 歇 from the suggestions. Typing xie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
歇 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.