習慣

See also: 习惯

Chinese
to practise; to study; habit accustomed to; used to
trad. (習慣) 習 慣
simp. (习惯) 习 惯
anagram 慣習／惯习

Pronunciation

Note:
  • sib8 guêng3 - Chaozhou;
  • sib8 guang3 - Shantou.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 8zhiq-kue
        • MiniDict: zhih入 kue
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 5xxiq-kue
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiɪʔ¹¹ kue²³/

Verb

習慣

  1. to be accustomed to; to be in the habit of
    我能習慣這樣的生活。 [MSC, trad.]
    我能习惯这样的生活。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ néng xíguàn zhèyàng de shēnghuó. [Pinyin]
    I could get used to this kind of life.

Usage notes
  • Unlike Mandarin, 習慣／习惯 is rarely used as a verb in Min Nan; 慣勢／惯势 (kòan-sì) is used instead.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 習慣 (“to get used to; to be accustomed to”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 習慣
Mandarin Taiwan 習慣
Malaysia 習慣
Singapore 習慣
Cantonese Guangzhou 慣, 習慣
Hong Kong 慣, 習慣
Singapore (Guangfu) 慣
Hakka Meixian 習慣, 慣
Eastern Min Fuzhou 慣, 慣勢
Southern Min Xiamen 慣勢
Quanzhou 慣勢
Zhangzhou 慣勢
Taipei 慣勢, 習慣 GT
Tainan 慣勢
Kinmen 慣勢
Penang (Hokkien) 慣勢
Singapore (Hokkien) 慣勢
Shantou 習慣, 慣
Jieyang 慣勢
Wu Shanghai 習慣
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

Noun

習慣

  1. custom; habit (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
    養成習慣／养成习惯  ―  yǎngchéng xíguàn  ―  to form a habit
    改變壞習慣／改变坏习惯  ―  gǎibiàn huài xíguàn  ―  to change a bad habit

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese
Kanji in this term
習 慣
しゅう
Grade: 3		 かん
Grade: 5
kan’on

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨᵝːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

習(しゅう)慣(かん) • (shūkan) ←しふくわん (sifukwan)?

  1. custom, habit; way
    地域(ちいき)の習慣(しゅうかん)
    chiiki no shūkan
    regional custom
    社会的(しゃかいてき)習慣(しゅうかん)
    shakaiteki shūkan
    social custom

Derived terms

See also

Korean
Hanja in this term
習慣

Noun

習慣 • (seupgwan) (hangeul 습관)

  1. Hanja form? of 습관 (“habit”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
習慣

Noun

習慣

  1. chữ Hán form of tập quán (“habit”).
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