xiū

  1. xiū verb to rest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: xjuw; in the sense of 休息 (ABC bf 'xiū' 2; GHC '休' 1; Kroll 2015 '休' 1; NCCED '休' 1)
  2. xiū verb to stop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 停止 (ABC bf 'xiū' 2; GHC '休' 2; Kroll 2015 '休' 1a; NCCED '休' 2)
  3. xiū verb to take leave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 休假 (ABC bf 'xiū' 3)
  4. xiū adjective lucky; beneficial
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC bf 'xiū' 4; GHC '休' 7; Kroll 2015 '休' 2; NCCED '休' 5)
  5. xiū adverb to not
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 别 (ABC adv 'xiū'; Kroll 2015 '休' 4; GHC '休' 3; NCCED '休' 3)
  6. xiū verb to cast of one's wife
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC v 'xiū'; GHC '休' 5; Kroll 2015 '休' 1b; NCCED '休' 4)
  7. xiū verb to retire
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '休' 4; Kroll 2015 '休' 1b)
  8. xiū adjective first-rate; best quality
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '休' 3)
  9. xiū noun shade from a tree
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 树荫 (GHC '休' 6)
  10. xiū verb rest; viśram
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: viśram (BCSD '休', p. 107; MW 'viśram'; SH '休', p. 200)

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