| xiē | to rest |
| 歇 | to rest |
| 歇业 | to close down (temporarily or permanently) to go out of business |
| 歇乏 | have a rest in order to relieve one's fatigue |
| 歇伏 | stop work during the dog days |
| 歇假 | To ask a leave for illness or take a holiday as per the regulation. |
| 歇凉 | enjoy the cool in some shade |
| 歇口气 | to catch one's breath; to draw breath |
| 歇后语 | saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part |
| 歇夏 | stop work during the hottest days of the year |
| 歇夜 | put up for the night |
| 歇宿 | have a rest; go to bed; put up for the night; make an overnight stop |
| 歇工 | knock off |
| 歇息 | to have a rest to stay for the night to go to bed |
| 歇手 | stop doing |
| 歇斯底里 | hysterical |
| 歇晌 | take an afternoon nap |
| 歇气 | to have a break to rest |
| 歇洛克福尔摩斯 | Sherlock Holmes |
| 歇演 | To pause in a performance of the performance group or theater. |
| 歇班 | be off duty |