Usage of the character 適
Shì
适
[適]
- surname Shi
shì
适
[適]
- to fit
- suitable
- proper
- just (now)
- comfortable
- well
- to go
- to follow or pursue
shūshì
舒适
[舒適]
- cozy
- snug
shìwēn
适温
[適溫]
- thermophile (e.g. bacteria)
- heat-loving
shùnshì
顺适
[順適]
- agreeable
- to conform
ānshì
安适
[安適]
- quiet and comfortable
shìhé
适合
[適合]
- to fit; to suit
shìzhōng
适中
[適中]
- moderate
- reasonable
- conveniently situated
Hú Shì
胡适
[胡適]
- Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文／白话文 (báihuàwén)
shìzhí
适值
[適值]
- just at that time
- as it happens
- by good luck, just then
shìyì
适意
[適意]
- agreeable
shìféng
适逢
[適逢]
- to just happen to coincide with
shìdù
适度
[適度]
- moderately
- appropriate
shìliàng
适量
[適量]
- appropriate amount
pǔshì
普适
[普適]
- universal
shìcái
适才
[適才]
- just now; a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular)
shìyìng
适应
[適應]
- to adapt
- to fit
- to suit
shìxiāo
适销
[適銷]
- marketable
- saleable
- appropriate to the market
bùshì
不适
[不適]
- unwell
- indisposed
- out of sorts
shìjiān
适间
[適間]
- just now; just a moment ago
tiáoshì
调适
[調適]
- to adapt (to an environment etc)
- to make sth suitable
- adaptation
- adjustment
- adaptive
shìdàng
适当
[適當]
- suitable; appropriate
shìháng
适航
[適航]
- to be airworthy
- to be seaworthy
shìpèi
适配
[適配]
- adaptation
shìlíng
适龄
[適齡]
- of age
- of the appropriate age
xiánshì
闲适
[閒適]
- leisurely and comfortable
- relaxed
shìshí
适时
[適時]
- timely
- apt to the occasion
- in due course
shìyí
适宜
[適宜]
- suitable
- appropriate
shìqiè
适切
[適切]
- apt
- appropriate
shìgé
适格
[適格]
- to be qualified (to bring a complaint, lawsuit etc) (law)
tiánshì
恬适
[恬適]
- quiet and comfortable
shìrén
适人
[適人]
- (said of a woman) to marry (old)
héshì
合适
[合適]
- suitable; fitting; appropriate
shìhūn
适婚
[適婚]
- of marriageable age
shìyòng
适用
[適用]
- to be applicable
Bāngbǎoshì
帮宝适
[幫寶適]
- (brand) Pampers
ànshìyìng
暗适应
[暗適應]
- (visual physiology) dark adaptation
shūshìquān
舒适圈
[舒適圈]
- comfort zone
shìpèiqì
适配器
[適配器]
- adapter (device)
bùshūshì
不舒适
[不舒適]
- uncomfortable
bùshìdàng
不适当
[不適當]
- inadequate
- unfit
shìpèicéng
适配层
[適配層]
- (computing) adaptation layer
shūshìyīn
舒适音
[舒適音]
- comfortable voice (well within one's range of pitch)
shìyìngxìng
适应性
[適應性]
- adaptability
- flexibility
shìhūnqī
适婚期
[適婚期]
- age range suitable for getting married
zìshìyìng
自适应
[自適應]
- adaptive
shūshìqū
舒适区
[舒適區]
- comfort zone
shìcúndù
适存度
[適存度]
- fitness (evolution)
- ability to survive and reproduce
shìzhěshēngcún
适者生存
[適者生存]
- survival of the fittest
shìkě'érzhǐ
适可而止
[適可而止]
- (idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop
wúsuǒshìcóng
无所适从
[無所適從]
- not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do
ānxiánshūshì
安闲舒适
[安閒舒適]
- leisurely and free (idiom)
- carefree and at ease
xuēzúshìlü
削足适履
[削足適履]
- to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)
- impractical or inelegant solution
shìféngqíhuì
适逢其会
[適逢其會]
- (idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time
shìdéqífǎn
适得其反
[適得其反]
- to produce the opposite of the desired result
shìdéqísuǒ
适得其所
[適得其所]
- exactly what one would wish
- to find one's niche