適〔适〕 sik¹ {shì}

1. to fit
2. suitable
3. proper
4. just (now)
5. comfortable
6. well
7. to go
8. to follow or pursue

適〔适〕 sik¹ {Shì}

surname Shi

適合〔适-〕 sik¹ hap⁶ {shì hé}

(adjective) Suitable

適切〔适-〕 sik¹ cit³ {shì qiè}

1. apt
2. appropriate

適才〔适-〕 sik¹ coi⁴ {shì cái}

1. just now
2. a moment ago

適當〔适当〕 sik¹ dong³ {shì dàng}

1. suitable
2. appropriate

適度〔适-〕 sik¹ dou⁶ {shì dù}

1. moderately
2. appropriate

適婚〔适-〕 sik¹ fan¹ {shì hūn}

1. of marriageable age
2. nubile

適逢〔适-〕 sik¹ fung⁴ {shì féng}

to just happen to coincide with

適格〔适-〕 sik¹ gaak³ {shì gé}

to be qualified (to bring a complaint, lawsuit etc) (law)

適間〔适间〕 sik¹ gaan¹ {shì jiān}

1. just now
2. the present time

適合〔适-〕 sik¹ hap⁶ {shì hé}

1. to fit
2. to suit

適人〔适-〕 sik¹ jan⁴ {shì rén}

(said of a woman) to marry (old)

適意〔适-〕 sik¹ ji³ {shì yì}

agreeable

適宜〔适-〕 sik¹ ji⁴ {shì yí}

1. suitable
2. appropriate

適應〔适应〕 sik¹ jing³ {shì yìng}

1. to adapt
2. to fit
3. to suit

適用〔适-〕 sik¹ jung⁶ {shì yòng}

to be applicable

適齡〔适龄〕 sik¹ ling⁴ {shì líng}

1. of age
2. of the appropriate age

適量〔适-〕 sik¹ loeng⁶ {shì liàng}

appropriate amount

適配〔适-〕 sik¹ pui³ {shì pèi}

adaptation

適時〔适时〕 sik¹ si⁴ {shì shí}

1. timely
2. apt to the occasion
3. in due course

適銷〔适销〕 sik¹ siu¹ {shì xiāo}

1. marketable
2. saleable
3. appropriate to the market

適溫〔适温〕 sik¹ wan¹ {shì wēn}

1. thermophile (e.g. bacteria)
2. heat-loving

適值〔适-〕 sik¹ zik⁶ {shì zhí}

1. just at that time
2. as it happens
3. by good luck, just then

適中〔适-〕 sik¹ zung¹ {shì zhōng}

1. moderate
2. reasonable
3. conveniently situated

適存度〔适--〕 sik¹ cyun⁴ dou⁶ {shì cún dù}

1. fitness (evolution)
2. ability to survive and reproduce

適婚期〔适--〕 sik¹ fan¹ kei⁴ {shì hūn qī}

ages suitable for getting married

適應性〔适应-〕 sik¹ jing³ sing³ {shì yìng xìng}

1. adaptability
2. flexibility

適配層〔适-层〕 sik¹ pui³ cang⁴ {shì pèi céng}

adaptation layer

適配器〔适--〕 sik¹ pui³ hei³ {shì pèi qì}

adapter (device)

適得其反〔适---〕 sik¹ dak¹ kei⁴ faan² {shì dé qí fǎn}

to produce the opposite of the desired result

適得其所〔适---〕 sik¹ dak¹ kei⁴ so² {shì dé qí suǒ}

1. exactly what one would wish
2. to find one's niche

適逢其會〔适--会〕 sik¹ fung⁴ kei⁴ wui⁶ {shì féng qí huì}

1. to just happen to coincide with the occasion (idiom)
2. to be present just at the right time

適可而止〔适---〕 sik¹ ho² ji⁴ zi² {shì kě ér zhǐ}

1. to stop before going too far (idiom); to stop while one can
2. don't overdo it
3. stop while you're ahead

適者生存〔适---〕 sik¹ ze² sang¹ cyun⁴ {shì zhě shēng cún}

survival of the fittest