熟悉 (shúxī) — familiar with
HSK 3 | verb / adjective | to know well, be familiar with — through repeated exposure or experience
熟悉 (shúxī)
熟悉 means to be familiar with something through repeated contact, practice, or experience. It is the feeling of knowing something well enough that it no longer feels foreign.
Meanings
- [verb] To know well; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with.
- [adjective] Familiar; well-known (to oneself).
Example Sentences
我对这个城市很熟悉。 Wǒ duì zhège chéngshì hěn shúxī. I am very familiar with this city.
他熟悉这里的环境，可以带我们参观。 Tā shúxī zhèlǐ de huánjìng, kěyǐ dài wǒmen cānguān. He knows the environment here well and can show us around.
多读多写，才能熟悉汉字的写法。 Duō dú duō xiě, cái néng shúxī Hànzì de xiěfǎ. Only by reading and writing more can you become familiar with how to write Chinese characters.
这首歌的旋律很熟悉，我在哪里听过。 Zhè shǒu gē de xuánlǜ hěn shúxī, wǒ zài nǎlǐ tīng guò. This song's melody is very familiar; I've heard it somewhere before.
Collocations
| Collocation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 对…熟悉 | be familiar with… |
| 不太熟悉 | not very familiar with |
| 越来越熟悉 | becoming more and more familiar |
| 熟悉情况 | be familiar with the situation |
| 互相熟悉 | know each other well |
Memory Hook
熟 (cooked / ripe — fire 灬 at the bottom making something fully done) plus 悉 (to know in detail). Fully cooked knowledge — something so well-known it has been through the fire of repeated exposure.