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习惯

xí guàn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 習慣 Measure word 个

习惯 (xí guàn) means "habit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 习惯 means

1. habit
2. custom
3. usual practice
4. to be used to

The characters in 习惯

• 习xí(bound form) to practice; to study; habit
• 惯guànaccustomed to; used to; indulge

Example sentences

• 我习惯了。
  I'm used to it.
• 习惯难改。
  Habits are difficult to break.
• 他习惯顶嘴。
  Tā xíguàn dǐngzuǐ.
  He is used to talking back.
• 我习惯熬夜。
  I am used to sitting up late.
• 我习惯早起。
  I'm used to getting up early.
• 我习惯晚睡。
  I'm used to staying up late at night.

Words starting with 习惯

• 习惯性xí guàn xìngcustomary
• 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…
• 习惯自然xí guàn zì ránsee 习惯成自然

Where 习惯 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Social Relations & Events (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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