Usage note
适应表示慢慢习惯新的环境。
shì yìng biǎo shì màn màn xí guàn xīn de huán jìng。
Adapt means to gradually get used to a new environment.
Context note
适应常用于新学校、新生活和变化。
shì yìng cháng yòng yú xīn xué xiào 、 xīn shēng huó hé biàn huà。
Adapt often appears with new schools, life, and changes.
5 examples
我还在适应新学校。
wǒ hái zài shì yìng xīn xué xiào。
I am still adapting to the new school.
他很快适应了这里。
tā hěn kuài shì yìng le zhè lǐ。
He quickly adapted here.
孩子需要时间适应。
hái zi xū yào shí jiān shì yìng。
Children need time to adapt.
你会慢慢适应的。
nǐ huì màn màn shì yìng de。
You will adapt slowly.
新环境不容易适应。
xīn huán jìng bù róng yì shì yìng。
A new environment is not easy to adapt to.
5 mini stories
刚搬来时，她还不适应。
gāng bān lái shí， tā hái bú shì yìng。
When she first moved here, she had not adapted yet.
他用了几天就适应了新班级。
tā yòng le jǐ tiān jiù shì yìng le xīn bān jí。
He adapted to the new class in a few days.
适应变化需要时间。
shì yìng biàn huà xū yào shí jiān。
Adapting to change takes time.
我正在适应新的作息。
wǒ zhèng zài shì yìng xīn de zuò xī。
I am adapting to a new routine.
大家都要学会适应环境。
dà jiā dōu yào xué huì shì yìng huán jìng。
Everyone must learn to adapt to the environment.
Mini dialogue
适应新学校
A
你适应新学校的生活了吗？
Nǐ shìyìng xīn xuéxiào de shēnghuó le ma?
Have you adapted to life at the new school?
B
我还在适应，但同学们都很友好。
Wǒ hái zài shìyìng, dàn tóngxuémen dōu hěn yǒuhǎo.
I am still adapting, but my classmates are all very friendly.
适应天气
A
这里的冬天真冷，我有点不适应。
Zhèlǐ de dōngtiān zhēn lěng, wǒ yǒudiǎn bù shìyìng.
The winter here is really cold, I am a bit unadapted.
B
多穿点衣服，慢慢就会适应的。
Duō chuān diǎn yīfu, màn man jiù huì shìyìng de.
Wear more clothes, and you will gradually adapt.
Related words and contrasts
similar
习惯
xí guàn
to get used to / habit
习惯 means to get used to something; 适应 is the process of adapting to a new situation.
related
改变
gǎi biàn
to change
To 适应, you often need to 改变 yourself a little.
contrast
陌生
mò shēng
unfamiliar
You need to 适应 when you are in a 陌生 (unfamiliar) place.