DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT
調休
简 调休 · 繁 調休Mandarin · pinyin tiáo xiū
Meanings
- to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday
- to compensate for resting on a workday by working on a holiday
Characters in this entry
Explore the spelling
Mandarin tones
2–1 · tiao2 xiu1
Compare attested words with these syllables ↗Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.
Connected dictionary
2character links
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Read this spelling in Classical texts
Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
diu6 jau1
Cantonese word readings for 調休. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack
Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
verb
- to take time off in lieu (adjustment to the work schedule, mostly nationwide, designed to create longer consecutive holidays. In China, this is followed or preceded by makeup workdays as customary, ensuring the total number of days off remains fixed within a year)
Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack