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适

shì

HSK 4 Character Traditional 適

What 适 means

1. to fit
2. suitable
3. proper
4. just (now)
5. comfortable
6. well
7. to go
8. to follow or pursue

Other readings

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

• Shìsurname Shi
• kuòsee {李适|Lǐ Kuò}

Example sentences

• 适可而止
  Shìkě'érzhǐ
  Quit while you're ahead.
• 我身体不适。
  Wǒ shēntǐ bù shì.
  I'm not feeling well.
• 绿色适合你。
  Green suits you.
• 这很适合我。
  Suits me fine.
• 那很适合我。
  That suits me all right.
• 猪肉不适合我。
  Zhūròu bù shìhé wǒ.
  Pork doesn't agree with me.

Words starting with 适

• 适合shì héto fit; to suit
• 适应shì yìngto adapt; to fit; to suit
• 适宜shì yísuitable; appropriate
• 适当shì dàngsuitable; appropriate
• 适用shì yòngto be applicable
• 适时shì shítimely; apt to the occasion; in due course
• 适量shì liàngappropriate amount
• 适度shì dùmoderately; appropriate
• 适中shì zhōngmoderate; reasonable; conveniently situated
• 适应性shì yìng xìngadaptability; flexibility
• 适才shì cáijust now; a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular)
• 适得其反shì dé qí fǎnto produce the opposite of the desired result
• 适逢shì féngto just happen to coincide with
• 适可而止shì kě ér zhǐ(idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop
• 适龄shì língof age; of the appropriate age
• 适人shì rén(said of a woman) to marry (old)
• 适意shì yìagreeable
• 适格shì géto be qualified (to bring a complaint, lawsuit etc) (law)
• 适间shì jiānjust now; just a moment ago
• 适得其所shì dé qí suǒexactly what one would wish; to find one's niche
• 适切shì qièapt; appropriate
• 适存度shì cún dùfitness (evolution); ability to survive and reproduce
• 适者生存shì zhě shēng cúnsurvival of the fittest
• 适配shì pèiadaptation

Words containing 适

• 合适hé shìsuitable; fitting; appropriate
• 舒适shū shìcozy; snug
• 不适bù shìunwell; indisposed; out of sorts
• 胡适Hú ShìHu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白话文
• 无所适从wú suǒ shì cóngnot knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do
• 闲适xián shìleisurely and comfortable; relaxed
• 调适tiáo shìto adapt (to an environment etc); to make sth suitable; adaptation
• 安适ān shìquiet and comfortable
• 巴适bā shì(Sichuan dialect) comfortable; suitable; excellent; really good…
• 不适当bù shì dànginadequate; unfit
• 自适应zì shì yìngadaptive
• 体适能tǐ shì néngphysical fitness
• 普适pǔ shìuniversal
• 帮宝适Bāng bǎo shì(brand) Pampers
• 不舒适bù shū shìuncomfortable
• 舒适区shū shì qūcomfort zone
• 舒适音shū shì yīncomfortable voice (well within one's range of pitch)
• 顺适shùn shìagreeable; to conform
• 暗适应àn shì yìng(visual physiology) dark adaptation
• 削足适履xuē zú shì lǚto cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)…
• 李适Lǐ KuòLi Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗
• 安闲舒适ān xián shū shìleisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
• 舒适圈shū shì quāncomfort zone
• 恬适tián shìquiet and comfortable

Characters built on 舌

These share the phonetic component 舌 (shé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 敌dí(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…
• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 憩qìto rest
• 舐shìto lick; to lap (up)

Characters that look like 适

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

• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture
• 速sùfast; rapid; quick
• 途túway; route; road
• 追zhuīto chase; to pursue; to look into
• 迭diéalternately; repeatedly
• 迢tiáoremote

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼
• 柿persimmon