Usage of the character 休

to have a public holiday; to have an official holiday
(Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association

quánxiū

全休

[全休]

complete rest (after an illness)

xiūguài

休怪

[休怪]

don't blame (sb)

bùxiū

不休

[不休]

endlessly
ceaselessly

xiūxiǎng

休想

[休想]

don't think (that)
don't imagine (that)

biāoxiū

彪休

[彪休]

angry
wrathful

xiūkè

休克

[休克]

shock (loanword)
to go into shock

xiūxī

休惜

[休惜]

recess

xiūmián

休眠

[休眠]

to be dormant (biology)
inactive (volcano)
to hibernate (computing)

Xiūníng

休宁

[休寧]

Xiuning, a county in Huangshan 黃山／黄山 ( Huángshán), Anhui

xiūzhàn

休战

[休戰]

armistice

xiūgēng

休耕

[休耕]

to leave farmland to lie fallow

xiūzhěng

休整

[休整]

to rest and reorganize (military)

tiáoxiū

调休

[調休]

to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday
to compensate for resting on a workday by working on a holiday

lúnxiū

轮休

[輪休]

to take holidays in rotation
to stagger employees' days off
(agriculture) to lie fallow in rotation

xiūqī

休妻

[休妻]

to repudiate one's wife

bǔxiū

补休

[補休]

to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays)
compensatory leave

xiūzhǐ

休止

[休止]

to stop

xiūjià

休假

[休假]

to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave

bìngxiū

病休

[病休]

to be on sick leave

xiūbīng

休兵

[休兵]

to cease fire
armistice
rested troops

qiěxiū

且休

[且休]

rest for now
stop (usually imperative form)

wǔxiū

午休

[午休]

noon break
lunch break
lunchtime nap

xiūshì

休市

[休市]

to close the market (for a holiday or overnight etc)

Xiūmó

休谟

[休謨]

David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish Enlightenment philosopher

xiūxián

休闲

[休閒]

leisure
relaxation
not working
idle
to enjoy leisure
to lie fallow

qǐxiū

乞休

[乞休]

to request permission to resign from an official position (old)

gānxiū

干休

[干休]

to let matters rest

bàxiū

罢休

[罷休]

to give up
to abandon (a goal etc)
to let sth go
forget it
let the matter drop

xiūxué

休学

[休學]

to suspend schooling
to defer study

xiūxi

休息

[休息]

rest
to rest

xiūtíng

休庭

[休庭]

to adjourn (law)

tuìxiū

退休

[退休]

to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement

gōngxiūrì

公休日

[公休日]

public holiday

Xiūníng Xiàn

休宁县

[休寧縣]

Xiuning, a county in Huangshan 黃山／黄山 ( Huángshán), Anhui

xiūxīshì

休息室

[休息室]

lobby
lounge

tuìxiūjīn

退休金

[退休金]

retirement pay
pension

xiūzhǐfú

休止符

[休止符]

rest (music)

xiūxiánxié

休闲鞋

[休閒鞋]

leisure shoes

Xiūshìdùn

休士顿

[休士頓]

Houston, Texas

Jièxiūshì

介休市

[介休市]

Jiexiu, county-level city in Jinzhong 晉中／晋中 ( Jìnzhōng), Shanxi

Xiūlún Hú

休伦湖

[休倫湖]

Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖 ( Wǔdàhú)

shuāngxiūrì

双休日

[雙休日]

two-day weekend

xiūlüchē

休旅车

[休旅車]

sport utility vehicle (SUV)

Xiūsīdùn

休斯顿

[休斯頓]

Houston

Xiūyītè

休伊特

[休伊特]

Hewitt

xiūxiánkù

休闲裤

[休閒褲]

casual pants

Xiūsīdūn

休斯敦

[休斯敦]

Houston, Texas

dàixīnxiūjià

带薪休假

[帶薪休假]

paid leave

shànbàgānxiū

善罢甘休

[善罷甘休]

to leave the matter at that
to be prepared to let go
to be willing to take things lying down

ànjiǎxiūbīng

案甲休兵

[案甲休兵]

to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting

xiūqīxiāngguān

休戚相关

[休戚相關]

to share the same interests (idiom)
to be closely related
to be in the same boat

diédiébùxiū

喋喋不休

[喋喋不休]

to chatter or jabber on and on

bùmiánbùxiū

不眠不休

[不眠不休]

without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)

yīzuìfāngxiū

一醉方休

[一醉方休]

to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
to get plastered

cìcìbùxiū

刺刺不休

[刺刺不休]

to talk incessantly
to chatter on and on

bùsǐbùxiū

不死不休

[不死不休]

to fight to one's last gasp

xiūmiánhuǒshān

休眠火山

[休眠火山]

dormant volcano

Xiūshìshùyīng

休氏树莺

[休氏樹鶯]

(bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)

Mójiādíxiū

摩加迪休

[摩加迪休]

Mogadishu, capital of Somalia (Tw)

xiūyǎngshēngxī

休养生息

[休養生息]

to recover
to recuperate

wúxiūwúzhǐ

无休无止

[無休無止]

ceaseless; endless (idiom)

zhōuxiū'èrrì

周休二日

[週休二日]

(Tw) two-day weekend (usually Saturday and Sunday)

kuāxiūkě'ěrzhèng

夸休可尔症

[誇休可爾症]

kwashiorkor (medicine)

Xiūshìxuánmùquè

休氏旋木雀

[休氏旋木雀]

(bird species of China) Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)

gōnggòngxiūxīshì

公共休息室

[公共休息室]

shared lounge; common room

guòmǐnxìngxiūkè

过敏性休克

[過敏性休克]

anaphylactic shock

Xiūshìbáihóulínyīng

休氏白喉林莺

[休氏白喉林鶯]

(bird species of China) Hume's whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)

tuìxiūjīnshuāngguǐzhì

退休金双轨制

[退休金雙軌制]

see 養老金雙軌制／养老金双轨制 (yǎnglǎojīnshuāngguǐzhì)

Huìtènī· Xiūsīdùn

惠特妮·休斯顿

[惠特妮·休斯頓]

Whitney Houston (1963-2012), American singer and actress

yībùzuò,èrbùxiū

一不做，二不休

[一不做，二不休]

lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom)
fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog
in for a penny, in for a pound