HSK 5 · Adjectives

舒适 shūshì “cosy” in Chinese

Traditional 舒適

What 舒适 means

  1. cosy
  2. snug

How to say 舒适

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale舒shū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale适shì4th tone, falling

舒适 in a sentence

  1. 他住在一个舒适的小房子里。

    Tā zhù zài yí ge shūshì de xiǎo fángzi lǐ.

    He lives in a cosy little house.

    Sentence #794080 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 当你坐在一把舒适的椅子上的时候，更容易学习。

    Dāng nǐ zuò zài yì bǎ shūshì de yǐzi shàng de shíhou, gèng róngyì xuéxí.

    It’s easier to study when you’re sitting in a comfortable chair.

    Sentence #3605529 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 现代科学技术让我们的生活更加舒适。

    Xiàndài kēxué jìshù ràng wǒmen de shēnghuó gèngjiā shūshì.

    Modern science and technology have made our lives more comfortable.

    Sentence #8690292 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 舒适 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 舒 (shū) with each of its parts in a different colour
舒shūto stretch
  • 舍house · shěMeaning part
  • 予to give · yúSound part

舍 hints at the meaning (house); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with shū.

The character 适 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
适shìto fit
  • 舌tongue · shéSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 舌 (shé) hints at the sound. Compare it with shì.

How to write 舒适

舒 12 strokes · 适 9 strokes

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舒适 (shūshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 舒适 (shūshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 舒适

Words with 舒

舒服shūfu · comfortable舒畅shūchàng · happy

Words with 适

适合shìhé · to fit适应shìyìng · to adapt合适héshì · suitable适宜shìyí · suitable

More words: Adjectives

神秘shénmì · mysterious生动shēngdòng · vivid时髦shímáo · in vogue实用shíyòng · practical熟练shúliàn · practised丝毫sīháo · the slightest amount or degree私人sīrén · private坦率tǎnshuài · frank

FAQs

舒适 (shūshì) means “cosy” or “snug”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shūshì: shū with a 1st tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 舒适 is written 舒適. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 舒适 from the suggestions. Typing shushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
舒适 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.