Chinese symbol for “suitable”
适当
shì dàng
Traditional: 適當
suitable; appropriate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for suitable is 适当 (shì dàng), defined as: suitable; appropriate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “suitable”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 合适 (合適) | hé shì | suitable; fitting; appropriate |
| 适宜 (適宜) | shì yí | suitable; appropriate |
| 妥 | tuǒ | suitable; adequate |
| 方便 | fāng biàn | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy |
| 得 | dé | to obtain; to get |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 适当.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 适合 (適合) | shì hé | to fit; to suit |
| 适应 (適應) | shì yìng | to adapt; to fit |
| 适用 (適用) | shì yòng | to be applicable |
| 合适 (合適) | hé shì | suitable; fitting; appropriate |
| 舒适 (舒適) | shū shì | cozy; snug |
| 当时 (當時) | dāng shí | then; at that time |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
See also: Japanese symbol for “suitable”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.