罷休

See also: 罢休

Chinese

		(final part.); to stop; cease (final part.); to stop; cease; dismiss; suspend; to quit; to finish	to rest
trad. (罷休)		罷	休
simp. (罢休)		罢	休

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàxiū

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa⁶ jau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pǎ-hiu / pā-hiu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ba-shieu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàxiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàsiou
  - Wade–Giles: pa⁴-hsiu¹
  - Yale: bà-syōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bahshiou
  - Palladius: басю (basju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa⁶ jau¹
  - Yale: bah yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa⁶ jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba⁶ yeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː²² jɐu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǎ-hiu
  - Tâi-lô: pǎ-hiu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa²² hiu³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pā-hiu
  - Tâi-lô: pā-hiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paxhiw
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa³³⁻²¹ hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pa²²⁻²¹ hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa³³⁻¹¹ hiu⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ba-shieu
  - MiniDict: ba^去 shieu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ba-xieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ba²² ɕiɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

罷休

(chiefly in the negative) to stop and give up; to abandon

Synonyms

中斷 / 中断 (zhōngduàn)
中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
休止 (xiūzhǐ)
停 (tíng)
停歇 (tíngxiē)
停止 (tíngzhǐ)
夭閼 / 夭阏 (yǎo'è)
干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
放煞 (Min Nan)
斷站 / 断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
斷節 / 断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
暫停 / 暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
歇 (xiē)
止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
止息 (zhǐxī)
止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
瀦 / 潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
煞 (Hokkien)
煞手 (Hokkien)
甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
終止 / 终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
罷 / 罢
罷手 / 罢手 (bàshǒu)
間斷 / 间断
須 / 须 (xū) (literary)
頓 / 顿

Derived terms

一緊二慢三罷休 / 一紧二慢三罢休
善罷罷休 / 善罢罢休
誓不罷休 / 誓不罢休