合适

合适 héshì in a sentence

Appropriate

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 5 sentences

合适 (héshì) means Appropriate. Below are 5 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

这件衣服你穿很 合适 。

Zhè jiàn yīfu nǐ chuān hěn héshì.

This piece of clothing suits you well.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 合适

这个时间对你 合适 吗?

Zhège shíjiān duì nǐ héshì ma?

Is this time convenient for you?

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 合适

他一直在寻找 合适 的题材。

Tā yìzhí zài xúnzhǎo héshì de tícái.

He has been looking for a suitable subject.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 题材

他一直在寻觅 合适 的机会。

Tā yìzhí zài xúnmì héshì de jīhuì.

He has been looking for a suitable opportunity.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寻觅

这种玩笑在正式场合并不 合适 。

Zhè zhǒng wánxiào zài zhèngshì chǎnghé bìng bù héshì.

A joke like this is not appropriate on a formal occasion.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 场合

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How is 合适 used in a sentence?

This page shows 5 sentences using 合适 (héshì, "Appropriate"), 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.

Is 合适 an HSK word?

Yes — 合适 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

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