適
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shì · match, comfortable

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Shape and proportion

14Total strokes

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Lower-left enclosureCharacter structure

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辶Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 適

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Example sentences

Notice where 適 sits in each complete thought.

Nǐ shì zuì shì hé zuò zhè fèn gōng zuò de rén.你是最適合做這份工作的人。

You're the best man for the job.

Source: Tatoeba #895726 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ méi xiǎng ràng rén gǎn dào bú shì.我沒想讓人感到不適。

I didn’t mean to make anyone uncomfortable.

Source: Tatoeba #13137903 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā mén zài bù hé shì de shí jiàn lái le.他們在不合適的時間來了。

They came at an inconvenient time.

Source: Tatoeba #375442 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yuè qiú bú shì yí gè shì hé jū zhù de dì fāng.月球不是一個適合居住的地方。

The moon is not a good place to live on.

Source: Tatoeba #781666 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ hěn kuài huì shì yīng zài sù shè de shēng huó de.你很快會適應在宿舍的生活的。

You'll get used to the dorm life pretty quickly.

Source: Tatoeba #5117088 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xīngqīyī shì hé zuò nà jiàn shì.星期一適合做那件事。

Monday is a good day to do that.

Source: Tatoeba #13119006 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 適 in context

  1. Say shì, then recall the core meaning: match, comfortable.
  2. Write all 14 strokes while keeping the lower-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 適 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.