适应

Character by character

• 适shì10 strokesHSK 2 traditional 適go, reach; appropriate, suitable
• 应yīng7 strokesHSK 2 traditional 應should, ought to, must

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

Words with the same characters

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

• 应该yīng gāiHSK 2

  ought to; should; must

• 应yīngHSK 4

  to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall

• 反应fǎn yìngHSK 3

  to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction

• 适合shì héHSK 3

  to fit; to suit

• 合适hé shìHSK 2

  suitable; fitting; appropriate

• 答应dā yingHSK 2

  to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise

• 应当yīng dāngHSK 3

  should; ought to

• 供应gōng yìngHSK 4

  to supply; to provide; to offer

• 适当shì dàngHSK 6

  suitable; appropriate

• 舒适shū shìHSK 4

  cozy; snug

• 应付yìng fuHSK 7

  to deal with; to cope

• 回应huí yìngHSK 6

  to respond; response

• 效应xiào yìngHSK 7

  effect (scientific phenomenon)

• 适用shì yòngHSK 3

  to be applicable

• 应用yìng yòngHSK 3

  to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app

• 相应xiāng yìngHSK 5

  to correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part); corresponding; relevant; appropriate; (modify) accordingly

• 应急yìng jíHSK 6

  to respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency; (attributive) emergency

• 应对yìng duìHSK 6

  to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response

• 不适bù shìHSK 7

  unwell; indisposed; out of sorts

• 对应duì yìngHSK 5

  to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to

• 响应xiǎng yìngHSK 7

  to respond to; answer

• 适宜shì yíHSK 7

  suitable; appropriate

• 应聘yìng pìnHSK 7

  to accept a job offer; to apply for an advertised position

• 适时shì shíHSK 7

  timely; apt to the occasion; in due course