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吸湿

xī shī

2-character word Traditional 吸濕

What 吸湿 means

1. to absorb moisture

The characters in 吸湿

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 湿shīmoist; wet

Words starting with 吸湿

• 吸湿性xī shī xìngmoisture-absorbing; hygroscopic

Sounds the same

Read xī shī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 西施Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xī shī correctly.
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