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习

xí

HSK 1 Character Traditional 習

What 习 means

1. bound formto practice
2. to study
3. habit
4. custom

Other readings

习 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xísurname Xi

Example sentences

• 我学习。
  I study.
• 她学习数学
  Tā xuéxí shùxué
  She studies mathematics.
• 您学习吗？
  Are you studying?
• 好好学习。
  Study hard.
• 我习惯了。
  I'm used to it.
• 习惯难改。
  Habits are difficult to break.

Words starting with 习

• 习惯xí guànhabit; custom; usual practice
• 习俗xí súcustom; tradition; local tradition
• 习题xí tí(schoolwork) exercise; problem; question
• 习惯性xí guàn xìngcustomary
• 习以为常xí yǐ wéi chángaccustomed to; used to
• 习作xí zuò(writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces…
• 习性xí xìngcharacter acquired through long habit; habits and properties
• 习得xí déto learn; to acquire (some skill through practice); acquisition
• 习气xí qìcustom; practice (usu. a regrettable one)
• 习习xí xí(of the wind) blowing gently; abundant; flying
• 习武xí wǔto practice martial arts
• 习字xí zìto practice writing characters
• 习用xí yòngto use habitually; usual; conventional
• 习见xí jiàncommonly seen
• 习语xí yǔcommon saying; idiom
• 习大大Xí dà dàPapa Xi, nickname for Xi Jinping 习近平
• 习得性xí dé xìngacquired; learned
• 习近平Xí Jìn píngXi Jinping (1953–), PRC politician, General Secretary of the CCP from 2012, president of…
• 习以成性xí yǐ chéng xìngdeeply ingrained; steeped in
• 习得性无助xí dé xìng wú zhù(psychology) learned helplessness
• 习惯法xí guàn fǎcustomary law; common law
• 习惯用法xí guàn yòng fǎidiom
• 习惯用语xí guàn yòng yǔidiom; idiomatic expression; habitual form of speech (grammar)
• 习惯成自然xí guàn chéng zì rán(saying) habit becomes second nature; to do something as if it were perfectly natural…

Words containing 习

• 学习xué xíto learn; to study
• 练习liàn xíto practice; exercise; drill
• 复习fù xíto review; revision
• 预习yù xíto prepare a lesson
• 实习shí xíto practice; field work; to intern
• 演习yǎn xí(military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver
• 自习zì xíto study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons); to study in one's free time…
• 补习bǔ xíto take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
• 实习生shí xí shēngintern (esp. a student in practical training)
• 晚自习wǎn zì xíscheduled evening self-study period; evening study hall
• 见习jiàn xíto learn on the job; to be on probation
• 恶习è xíbad habit; vice
• 补习班bǔ xí bāncram class; cram school; evening classes
• 温习wēn xíto review (a lesson etc)
• 练习本liàn xí běnexercise book; workbook
• 陋习lòu xícorrupt practice; bad habits; malpractice
• 修习xiū xíto study; to practice
• 研习yán xíresearch and study
• 早自习zǎo zì xíearly-morning self-study session (before regular classes); to attend such a session
• 练习场liàn xí chǎngdriving range (golf); practice court; practice ground
• 传习chuán xíteaching and learning; to study and impart
• 反习fǎn Xíanti-Xi (Jinping)
• 积习jī xíold habit (usually bad); inbred custom; deep-rooted practice
• 风习fēng xícustom; practice

Sounds the same

Read xí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 席woven mat; seat; banquet
• 袭(bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate…
• 媳daughter-in-law
• 褶(arch.) court dress
• 檄dispatch; order
• 觋wizard
• 槢a hard wood
• 霫Sui-Tang (premodern ethnic group)
• 隰low; marshy land
• 鎴strontium (obsolete, now 锶
• 𫘬(literary) horse with white forelegs
• 鳛loach; mudfish