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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

小憩

xiǎoqì

to rest for a bit

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to rest for a bit

02

to take a breather

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 小憩 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 小憩 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

汤姆很经常在午饭后小憩一小时。tāng mǔ hěn jīng cháng zài wǔ fàn hòu xiǎo qì yī xiǎo shí。

Tom very often takes a nap for an hour after lunch.

我现在小憩一下。wǒ xiàn zài xiǎo qì yī xià。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 小憩.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 小憩.

Directly before

  • 现在小憩1
  • 后小憩1

Directly after

  • 小憩一下1
  • 小憩一1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 小憩

What does 小憩 mean in Chinese?

小憩 (xiǎoqì) means to rest for a bit.

How do you pronounce 小憩?

小憩 is pronounced xiǎoqì.

Is 小憩 an HSK word?

小憩 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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