(shì yìng) - to adapt, to get used to in Mandarin

shìyìng

Traditional: 適應

HSK 4
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Translation

to adapt, to get used to

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Stroke order

Stroke order for 适

适

Stroke order for 应

应

Examples

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I am not yet used to the weather here.

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He quickly adapted to the new school.

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You need to adapt to your new life.

适应 (shìyìng) is to adapt to a new environment, climate, school or job. It takes the new situation as its object: 适应环境, 适应新生活. It suggests a process, so it is often followed by 得 or 了 to show progress.

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适应: worksheet, infographic and listicle

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