休假

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Chinese

		to rest	vacation
simp. and trad. (休假)		休	假

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiūjià

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄐㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ gaa³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiû-ká
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiu-kà / hiu-kèe / hiu-ká / hiu-kée

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūjià
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄐㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sioujià
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-chia⁴
  - Yale: syōu-jyà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioujiah
  - Palladius: сюцзя (sjuczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau¹ gaa³
  - Yale: yāu ga
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ gaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ ga³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ kaː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiû-ká
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiu^ˊ ga^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiu¹ ga³
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯u²⁴ ka³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-kà
  - Tâi-lô: hiu-kà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'kax
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ ka²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² ka²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³ ka⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ ka¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-kèe
  - Tâi-lô: hiu-kèe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-ká
  - Tâi-lô: hiu-ká
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'kar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³ ka⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-kée
  - Tâi-lô: hiu-kée
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: xjuw kaeH

Rime
Character	休	假
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	許尤切	古訝切
Baxter	xjuw	kaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨu/	/kˠa^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hiu/	/kᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəu/	/ka^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huw/	/kaɨ^H/
Li Rong	/xiu/	/ka^H/
Wang Li	/xĭəu/	/ka^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯ə̯u/	/ka^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū	jià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau¹	gaa³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)u

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰu kraːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	休
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiū
Middle Chinese	‹ xjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)u/
English	rest (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	休	假
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	13919	5961
Phonetic component	休	叚
Rime group	幽	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	休	駕
Old Chinese	/*qʰu/	/*kraːs/

Verb

休假

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

Related terms

放假 (fàngjià)
假期 (jiàqī)