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适应 (shì yìng): meaning and stroke order

适应 (shì yìng) means to adapt, to fit, to suit.

适应

Simplified
适应
Traditional
適應
Pinyin
shì yìng

Stroke order of 适应

适

  • kuò see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]
  • Shì surname Shi
  • shì to fit; suitable
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 適

Stroke by stroke

应

  • Yīng surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
  • yīng to agree (to do sth); should
  • yìng to answer; to respond
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 應

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 适应

  1. shì yìng Traditional 適應
    • to adapt
    • to fit
    • to suit

Radicals of the characters

适
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 10 strokes · built from 辶 and 舌
应
Radical 广 (Kangxi radical 53) · 7 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

适应 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 跑步群里一位老跑友告诉她:“新手最常见的错误是跑得太快。只有慢下来,身体才能慢慢适应。”

    pǎobù qún lǐ yí wèi lǎo pǎoyǒu gàosu tā xīnshǒu zuì chángjiàn de cuòwù shì pǎo de tài kuài zhǐyǒu màn xiàlai shēntǐ cái néng mànmàn shìyìng

    An experienced runner in her running group told her: "The commonest beginner's mistake is running too fast. Only when you slow down can your body gradually adapt."

    From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 适应

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).