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合适

hé shì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 合適

合适 (hé shì) means "suitable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 合适 means

1. suitable; fitting; appropriate

The characters in 合适

• 合héto close; to join; to fit
• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper

Example sentences

• 这对我正合适。
  That suits me all right.
• 这实在不合适。
  It is highly improper.
• 这套西装合适吗？
  Does this suit fit?
• 豆腐配清酒很合适。
  Dòufu pèi qīngjiǔ hěn héshì.
  Tofu goes well with good sake.
• 汤姆的评论不合适。
  Tom's comment was inappropriate.
• 很难找到合适的翻译。
  Hěn nán zhǎodào héshì de fānyì.
  It's hard to find a suitable translation.

Sounds the same

Read hé shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 合式conforming to a pattern; up to standard; variant of 合适
• 核试nuclear test
• 核势nuclear potential

Where 合适 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Evaluation & feedback (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hé shì correctly.
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