湿淋淋 (shī lín lín) — drenched, soaking wet (descriptive adjective) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A vivid reduplicated adjective describing something thoroughly soaked and dripping wet. As a 离合词-style bound form (ABAB pattern: 湿淋湿淋), it only appears with 的/地 or in reduplication — never alone as a predicate.

bound form

drenchedsoaking wet (descriptive adjective)

Examples

湿淋淋。
Tā quán shēn bèi yǔ lín dé shī lín lín de.
He was soaked all over from the rain.
，湿淋淋。
Gāng xǐ wán zǎo, tā tóu fa hái shì shī lín lín de.
After just showering, her hair is still soaking wet.
，湿淋淋。
Yùn dòng hòu tā mǎn tóu dà hàn, yī fu shī lín lín de.
After exercise, he was sweating heavily and his clothes were soaking wet.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

淋淋soaking

淋línpour淋línpour

重叠Reduplication

湿 (wet) combined with 淋淋 (soaking) gives the vivid sense of drenched.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵林淋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

林

林lín淋lín

Same sound today

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 林 gives the character's sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵林淋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

林

林lín淋lín

Same sound today

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 林 gives the character's sound.

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