HSK 4 · Verbs

熟悉 shúxī “to be familiar with” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 熟悉 means

  1. to be familiar with
  2. to know well

How to say 熟悉

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale熟shú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale悉xī1st tone, high and level

熟悉 in a sentence

  1. 我对欧洲历史很熟悉。

    Wǒ duì Ōuzhōu lìshǐ hěn shúxī.

    I know the history of Europe very well.

    Sentence #3076596 from Tatoeba

  2. 我对她不是很熟悉。

    Wǒ duì tā bú shì hěn shúxī.

    I don’t know her very well.

    Sentence #5136701 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 起初我们并不熟悉，渐渐地就熟悉起来了。

    Qǐchū wǒmen bìng bù shúxī, jiànjiàn de jiù shúxī qǐlai le.

    At first we didn’t know each other well, but gradually we got to know each other.

    Sentence #928817 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 熟悉 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 熟 (shú) with each of its parts in a different colour
熟shúripe; mature
  • 孰part of the characterSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part
The character 悉 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
悉xīin all cases
  • 釆distinguish · biànSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 釆 (biàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with xī.

How to write 熟悉

熟 15 strokes · 悉 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 熟悉

Words with 熟

成熟chéngshú · mature熟练shúliàn · practised

Words with 悉

据悉jùxī · it is reported that

More words: Thinking & Talking

能力nénglì · capability判断pànduàn · to judge批评pīpíng · to criticise商量shāngliang · to consult说明shuōmíng · to explain谈tán · to speak讨论tǎolùn · to discuss提醒tíxǐng · to remind

FAQs

熟悉 (shúxī) means “to be familiar with” or “to know well”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shúxī: shú with a 2nd tone, then xī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 熟悉 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 熟悉 from the suggestions. Typing shuxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
熟悉 is an HSK 4 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.