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惯

guàn

HSK 3 Character Traditional 慣

What 惯 means

1. accustomed to
2. used to
3. indulge
4. to spoil (a child)

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 惯

• 惯例guàn lìconvention; usual practice
• 惯性guàn xìng(physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way
• 惯用guàn yòngto use habitually; habitual; customary
• 惯常guàn chángusual; customary
• 惯坏guàn huàito spoil (a child)
• 惯家guàn jia(usually derog.) an old hand at sth
• 惯有guàn yǒucustomary; usual
• 惯犯guàn fànrecidivist; habitual criminal
• 惯量guàn liànginertia (mechanics)
• 惯养guàn yǎngto spoil; to indulge sb (usu. a child)
• 惯性系guàn xìng xìinertial system; inertial frame (mechanics)
• 惯用手guàn yòng shǒudominant hand
• 惯用语guàn yòng yǔcommonly used phrase; idiom; colloquial usage
• 惯偷guàn tōuhabitual thief
• 惯窃guàn qièhabitual thief
• 惯贼guàn zéihabitual thief

Words containing 惯

• 习惯xí guànhabit; custom; usual practice
• 习惯性xí guàn xìngcustomary
• 看不惯kàn bu guàncannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike
• 司空见惯sī kōng jiàn guàna common occurrence (idiom)
• 看惯kàn guànto be used to the sight of
• 娇生惯养jiāo shēng guàn yǎngpampered and spoiled since childhood
• 娇惯jiāo guànto pamper; to coddle; to spoil
• 过惯guò guànto be accustomed to (a certain lifestyle etc)
• 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)
• 转动惯量zhuǎn dòng guàn liàngmoment of inertia (mechanics)
• 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

Characters that look like 惯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 馈kuì(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 愤fènindignant; anger; resentment
• 愣lèngto look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted
• 筐kuāngbasket
• 惺xīng(literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken; (literary) astute; sharp-witted

Sounds the same

Read guàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 冠to put on a hat; to be first; to dub
• 贯to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together
• 灌to irrigate; to pour; to install (software)
• 罐can; jar; pot
• 观Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
• 掼to fling; to fall; to wear
• 盥to wash (especially hands)
• 鹳crane; stork
• 涫(classical) to boil
• 祼pour out libation
• 瓘jade used for making goblets
• 卝two bunches of hair on a child