HSK 5 · Verbs

休闲 xiūxián “leisure” in Chinese

Traditional 休閒

What 休闲 means

  1. leisure
  2. relaxation
  3. not working
  4. idle
  5. to enjoy leisure
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to lie fallow

How to say 休闲

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale休xiū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale闲xián2nd tone, rising

休闲 in a sentence

  1. 你有很多休闲时间吗？

    Nǐ yǒu hěn duō xiūxián shíjiān ma?

    Do you have much leisure time?

    Sentence #3988961 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 休闲 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 休 (xiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
休xiūto rest
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 木tree · mù

Memory aidA person 亻 resting against a tree 木: to rest.

The character 闲 (xián) with each of its parts in a different colour
闲xiánenclosure
  • 门gate · mén
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 休闲

休 6 strokes · 闲 7 strokes

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

Words related to 休闲

Words with 休

休息xiūxi · to rest休假xiūjià · to take leave退休tuìxiū · to retire (from the workforce)

Words with 闲

空闲kòngxián · free time闲话xiánhuà · gossip

More words: Common Verbs

消失xiāoshī · to disappear歇xiē · to rest行动xíngdòng · to act形成xíngchéng · to form修改xiūgǎi · to amend寻找xúnzhǎo · to seek延长yáncháng · to prolong摇yáo · to shake

FAQs

休闲 (xiūxián) means “leisure” or “relaxation”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiūxián: xiū with a 1st tone, then xián with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 休闲 is written 休閒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiuxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 休闲 from the suggestions. Typing xiuxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
休闲 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.