Chinese symbol for “relaxation”
休闲
xiū xián
Traditional: 休閒
leisure; relaxation; not working; idle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for relaxation is 休闲 (xiū xián), defined as: leisure; relaxation; not working; idle; to enjoy leisure; to lie fallow.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “relaxation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 松弛法 (鬆弛法) | sōng chí fǎ | relaxation (alternative medicine) |
| 弛缓 (弛緩) | chí huǎn | to relax; to slacken; to ease; (physics) relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 休闲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 休息 | xiū xi | rest; to rest |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 休假 | xiū jià | to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave |
| 退休金 | tuì xiū jīn | retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement |
| 不休 | bù xiū | endlessly; ceaselessly |
| 闲置 (閒置) | xián zhì | to leave unused; to leave idle; to lie idle |
| 闲暇 (閑暇) | xián xiá | leisure; free time |
| 悠闲 (悠閑) | yōu xián | variant of 悠閒|悠闲; leisurely |
See also: Japanese symbol for “relaxation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.