Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
適
shì
Description
“适”这个字常用来表示合适、正好的意思。
它很少单独用，多和别的字组成词，比如“适合”“舒适”。
Meanings
适shì
suitable; fitting; appropriate
这件衣服很适合你。
适shì
comfortable (as in 舒适)
这里的环境很舒适。
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Notes
- Nuance
适 rarely stands alone in modern Chinese; it mostly appears inside compounds like 适合.
- Etymology
originally meant 'to go toward,' later extended to 'suit, match.'
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