习惯 xíguàn▶ Hábito

Stroke order

习惯 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 习 — 3 strokes
• 惯 — 11 strokes

Senses

1. habit
2. custom
3. usual practice
4. to be used to

Example sentences

• 早睡早起是好习惯。Zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ shì hǎo xíguàn.Going to bed early and rising early is a good habit.
• 我习惯了这里的生活。Wǒ xíguàn le zhèlǐ de shēnghuó.I have got used to the life here.

Related words

• 复习revisar
• 练习Práctica; Practicar
• 预习Avance; Preestreno
• 学习estudiar; estudio
• 实习Prácticas, pasantía
• 习俗costumbre

习惯 is pronounced xíguàn and means “Hábito”. It belongs to the HSK 3 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 习惯 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.