Definition
湿 (shī) is the basic, everyday word for 'wet' — used for hair, clothes, ground after rain. For dampness or humidity in the air or environment, use 潮湿 (cháo shī) or 湿润 (shī rùn); 滋润 (zī rùn) implies nourishing moisture (e.g., skin). 潮 (cháo) as an adjective overlaps with 潮湿 but also means 'trendy'.
adjective
wetmoist
Easily confused
- 显xiǎnlook-alike(adjective) prominent, conspicuous, obvious
- 是shìsound-aliketo be (linking verb, followed by a noun or noun phrase)
- 事shìsound-alikething; matter; affair
- 时shísound-alike(noun) time, period, season
- 试shìsound-aliketo try; to test
- 使shǐsound-aliketo cause, to make (someone do something)
- 十shísound-aliketen
- 室shìsound-alikeroom (often as a suffix in compound words)
- 屎shǐsound-alikefeces; excrement; stool
- 式shìsound-alike(suffix) -style; -type; -form; -pattern
Examples
- 湿，。Nǐ de tóufa háishì shī de, kuài qù chuī gān.Your hair is still wet, go dry it quickly.
- ，湿。Tā gāng xǐ wán zǎo, quánshēn dōu háishì shī de.He just finished showering, his whole body is still wet.
- ，湿。Yǔ tíng le, dàn dìmiàn réngrán hěn shī.The rain stopped, but the ground is still very wet.
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