習: practice

習 [习] xí

: to practice
: to study
: habit

Kun Reading

習う | ならう narau

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn; to study; to get training in

習い | ならい narai

noun
: as is habit; the way life normally is

習わす | ならわす narawasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to make (someone) learn

習わし | ならわし narawashi

noun | no-adjective
: customary practice; habit; traditional event

習慣 [习惯] xi2guan4: habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to
[習慣 | しゅうかん shuukan: custom; habit; manners]

看不習慣 [看不习惯] kan4 bu4 xi2 guan4: unfamiliar

習題 [习题] xi2ti2: school work exercises

習[习]俗 xi2su2: custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
[習俗 | しゅうぞく shuuzoku: manners and customs; folkways; usage]

習[习]字 xi2zi4: to practice writing characters
[習字 | しゅうじ shinji: penmanship]

習[习]得 xi2de2: to learn; to acquire (some skill through practice); acquisition
[習得 | しゅうとく shuutoku: learning; acquisition]

學習 [学习] xue2xi2: to learn; to study
[学習 | がくしゅう gakushuu: study; learning; tutorial]

練習 [练习] lian4xi2: to practice; exercise; drill; practice
[練習 | れんしゅう renshuu: practice]

復習 [复习] fu4xi2: to review; revision
[復習う | さらう sarau OR さらえる saraeru OR ふくしゅう fukushuu: to review; to rehearse; to practice]

預習 [预习] yu4xi2: to prepare a lesson

補習 [补习] bu3xi2: to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
[補習 | ほしゅう hoshuu: supplementary lessons]

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | onomatopoeia
習々 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu
: gentle breeze

生涯学習 | しょうがいがくしゅう shougai gakushuu
: lifelong learning

行儀見習 | ぎょうぎみならい gyougi minarai
: (yoji) learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)

風俗習慣 | ふうぞくしゅうかん fuuzoku shuukan
: (yoji) manners and customs; customs and habits

家事見習い | かじみならい kaji minarai
: (yoji) apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping

習い性と成る | ならいせいとなる narai sei to naru
: Habit is a second nature

六十の手習い | ろくじゅうのてならい rokujuu no tenarai
: Never too late to learn

習うより慣れろ | ならうよりなれろ narau yori narero
OR
習うより慣れよ | ならうよりなれよ narau yori nareyo
: practice makes perfect (implying that it is better to learn from personal experience than from an instructor). experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む | もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ monzen no kozou narawanu kyou o yomu
: you learn, without realizing it, from what is around you; a young monk outside the gate can read sutras he has never studied

Chinese common word | chengyu 成語 | expression | idiom
習善滅惡 [习善灭恶] xi2 shan4 mie4 e4
: to learn good and forsake evil

習慣自然 [习惯自然] xi2 guan4 zi4 ran2
OR
習慣成自然 [习惯成自然] xi2 guan4 cheng2 zi4 ran2
: habit becomes nature; get used to something and it seems inevitable; second nature

沾染習氣 [沾染习气] zhan1 ran3 xi2 qi4
: to be tainted with unhealthy habits

積習難改 [积习难改] ji1 xi2 nan2 gai3
: old habits are hard to change. It is hard to throw off ingrained habits

好好學習，天天向上 [好好学习，天天向上] hao3 hao3 xue2 xi2 , tian1 tian1 xiang4 shang4
: study hard and every day you will improve