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适应

shì yìng

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

适应 (shì yìng) means "to adapt". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 适应 means

1. to adapt
2. to fit
3. to suit

The characters in 适应

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 应yīngto agree (to do sth); should; ought to

Example sentences

• 我适应新环境很慢。
  I'm slow to adapt to new situations.
• 我可以去适应一下。
  I can adjust.
• 他慢慢地适应了黑暗。
  Slowly his eyes adjusted to the darkness.
• 我不能适应这里的气候。
  Wǒ bù néng shìyìng zhèlǐ de qìhòu.
  I can't adjust myself to the climate here.
• 有些植物无法适应寒冷。
  Some plants cannot adapt themselves to the cold.
• 一些植物无法适应寒冷。
  Some plants cannot adapt themselves to the cold.

Words starting with 适应

• 适应性shì yìng xìngadaptability; flexibility

Words containing 适应

• 自适应zì shì yìngadaptive
• 暗适应àn shì yìng(visual physiology) dark adaptation

Sounds the same

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

• 侍应waiter; waitress (abbr. for 侍应生
• 试映preview (of a movie); trial screening

Where 适应 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 yìng correctly.
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