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湿

shī

HSK 5 Character Traditional 濕

What 湿 means

1. moist
2. wet

Other readings

湿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shīvariant of {湿|shī}

Example sentences

• 我湿了。
  I'm wet.
• 你浸湿了。
  Nǐ jìnshī le.
  You're wet through.
• 那是湿的。
  That is wet.
• 她浑身湿透了。
  Tā húnshēn shītòu le.
  She got wet to the skin.
• 天气又冷又湿。
  The weather was not only cold, but also wet.
• 地面仍然湿滑。
  The ground is still wet.

Words starting with 湿

• 湿润shī rùnmoist
• 湿透shī tòudrenched; wet through
• 湿漉漉shī lù lùdamp; clammy; dripping wet
• 湿疹shī zhěneczema
• 湿度shī dùhumidity level
• 湿地shī dìwetland
• 湿热shī rè(of weather) hot and humid; muggy; (TCM) damp-heat
• 湿气shī qìmoisture; humidity; athlete's foot
• 湿温shī wēndamp heat; summer fever (TCM)
• 湿滑shī huá(of floors, roads etc) wet and slippery
• 湿衣shī yīwetsuit
• 湿润剂shī rùn jìmoistener; wetting agent
• 湿答答shī dā dāsoaking wet
• 湿婆shī póShiva (Hindu deity)
• 湿吻shī wěnFrench kiss
• 湿巾shī jīnwet wipe; towelette
• 湿黏shī niánclammy
• 湿疣shī yóucondyloma (genital wart of viral origin); Condyloma acuminatum
• 湿哒哒shī dā dāvariant of 湿答答
• 湿渌渌shī lù lùvariant of 湿漉漉

Words containing 湿

• 潮湿cháo shīdamp; moist
• 风湿fēng shīrheumatism
• 淋湿lín shīto get soaked
• 浸湿jìn shīto soak; to saturate
• 保湿bǎo shīto moisturize; moisturizing
• 吸湿xī shīto absorb moisture
• 均湿jūn shīto moisten evenly (e.g. in tanning leather)
• 比湿bǐ shīspecific humidity
• 润湿rùn shīto moisten (e.g. of rain); to wet
• 阴湿yīn shīdark and moist
• 加湿器jiā shī qìhumidifier
• 吸湿性xī shī xìngmoisture-absorbing; hygroscopic
• 除湿器chú shī qìdehumidifier
• 除湿机chú shī jīdehumidifier
• 风湿热fēng shī rèrheumatic fever
• 相对湿度xiāng duì shī dùrelative humidity
• 绝对湿度jué duì shī dùabsolute humidity
• 类风湿因子lèi fēng shī yīn zǐrheumatoid factor
• 香港湿地公园Xiāng gǎng Shī dì Gōng yuánHong Kong Wetland Park, in Yuen Long, New Territories
• 尿不湿niào bù shī(colloquial) disposable diaper
• 风湿关节炎fēng shī guān jié yánrheumatoid arthritis
• 风湿性关节炎fēng shī xìng guān jié yánrheumatoid arthritis
• 毗湿奴Pí shī núVishnu (Hindu deity)
• 盐碱湿地yán jiǎn shī dìa saltmarsh

Characters that look like 湿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 温wēnwarm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature
• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 滚gǔnto boil; to roll; to take a hike
• 淫yínexcess; excessive; wanton
• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
• 渥wòto enrich; to moisten

Sounds the same

Read shī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 师teacher; master; expert
• 诗poem; poetry; verse
• 失to lose; to miss; to fail
• 施(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
• 狮(bound form) lion
• 尸(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)…
• 虱louse
• 葹Xanthium strumarium
• 蓍yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• 浉Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信阳, Henan
• 絁rough, indelicate silk
• 邿place name