# 休养 (xiūyǎng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 休养 (xiūyǎng) means “to recuperate; to recover; to rest”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to recuperate; to recover; to rest
- Pinyin: xiūyǎng (xiu1 yang3)
- Traditional: 休養
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 医生建议他去乡下休养一段时间。
  Yīshēng jiànyì tā qù xiāngxia xiūyǎng yīduàn shíjiān.
  The doctor advised him to go to the countryside to recuperate.

## Characters

- 休 (xiū): to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time
- [养](https://hanziro.com/word/yang-raise/) (yǎng): to raise; to keep (pets)

https://hanziro.com/word/xiu-yang-recuperate/

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