习 xí in a sentence
To practice (study - custom - habit - become use to)
习 (xí) means To practice (study - custom - habit - become use to). Below are 24 of the 114 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他在医院实 习 。
Tā zài yīyuàn shíxí.
He is doing an internship at the hospital.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 实习
他学 习 很专心。
Tā xuéxí hěn zhuānxīn.
He studies with great concentration.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 专心
学 习 环境很重要。
Xuéxí huánjìng hěn zhòngyào.
A good study environment is important.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 环境
说汉语要多练 习 。
Shuō Hànyǔ yào duō liànxí.
You need to practise a lot to speak Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 练习
上课以前要预 习 。
Shàng kè yǐqián yào yùxí.
You should prepare before class.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 预习
他从小学 习 武术。
Tā cóngxiǎo xuéxí wǔshù.
He has studied martial arts since childhood.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 武术
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From the graded readers
我们每天学 习 二十个字。
wǒmen měitiān xuéxí èrshí gè zì.
We learn twenty characters a day.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
哥哥今年二十岁，他在北京学 习 。
gēge jīnnián èrshí suì, tā zài běijīng xuéxí.
My brother is twenty this year and he studies in Beijing.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
我是美国人，我在中国学 习 汉语。
wǒ shì měiguórén, wǒ zài zhōngguó xuéxí hànyǔ.
I'm American and I'm studying Chinese in China.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
上午我学 习 汉语，下午我学 习 英语。
shàngwǔ wǒ xuéxí hànyǔ, xiàwǔ wǒ xuéxí yīngyǔ.
In the morning I study Chinese, and in the afternoon I study English.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
刚开始休息的时候，我特别不 习 惯。
gāng kāishǐ xiūxi de / dì shíhou, wǒ tèbié bù xíguàn.
At first I found resting extremely uncomfortable.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
后面的八分钟，我说得比在宿舍里练 习 的时候还流利。
hòumian de / dì bā fēnzhōng, wǒ shuō dé / děi / de bǐ zài sùshè lǐ liànxí de / dì shíhou hái / huán liúlì.
For the next eight minutes I spoke more fluently than I ever had practising in my dorm.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
From the grammar library
他学 习 汉语。
Tā xuéxí Hànyǔ.
He studies Chinese.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
习 appears in 114 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 习
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 习
How is 习 used in a sentence?
This page shows 114 sentences using 习 (xí, "To practice (study - custom - habit - become use to)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 习 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 习 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 习?
The dictionary page for 习 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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