湿度 (shī dù) — humidity, humidity level

Definition

noun
humidityhumidity level

Examples

  • 湿度
    Zhè ge fáng jiān de shī dù tài dī le, wǒ jué de hěn gān.
    The humidity in this room is too low; I feel very dry.
  • 湿度
    Zhí wù xū yào shì dàng de shī dù cái néng cháng dé hǎo.
    Plants need proper humidity to grow well.
  • 湿度
    Tiān qì yù bào shuō jīn tiān de shī dù huì dá dào bǎi fēn zhī jiǔ shí.
    The weather forecast says today's humidity will reach ninety percent.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

degree

湿 means 'wet' and 度 means 'degree', giving the level of wetness.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
yòuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
shí
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

度 has 又 (hand) and a changed form of 石; 石 gives a related sound, and the hand is tied to using the hand as a reference for measurement.

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