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Adapt in Chinese

to adapt · HSK 4

适应 shì yìng

  1. 适 shì to fit
  2. 应 yīng should

我还不太适应这里的天气。 I'm still not used to the weather here.

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Other ways to say adapt

More words with 适 or 应

How do you say adapt in Chinese?

Adapt in Chinese is 适应 (shì yìng). You can also say 改编 (gǎi biān).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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