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适合

shì hé

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 適合

适合 (shì hé) means "to fit; to suit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 适合 means

1. to fit; to suit

The characters in 适合

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

Example sentences

• 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.
• 绿色很适合你。
  Green suits you very well.
• 短发很适合你。
  Your short hair suits you.

Sounds the same

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

• 是荷(written) (at the end of a request in letters) I would be much obliged

Where 适合 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Cause, effect & logic (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 shì hé correctly.
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