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合适

hé shì 2–4

suitable; fitting; appropriate

HSK level
HSK 2
HSK 2.0 level 4 · HSK 3.0 level 2
Characters
2
合 · 适
Syllables
2
hé shì
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 2,104

Part of speech: a

Character by character

  • 合hé6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 閤combine, unite, join; gather
  • 适shì10 strokesHSK 2 traditional 適go, reach; appropriate, suitable

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 这实在不合适。

    Zhè shí zài bù hé shì

    It is highly improper.

  • 这对我正合适。

    Zhè duì wǒ zhèng hé shì

    That suits me all right.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 合适. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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