Chinese symbol for “damp”
潮湿
cháo shī
Traditional: 潮濕
damp; moist
The closest CC-CEDICT match for damp is 潮湿 (cháo shī), defined as: damp; moist.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “damp”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 湿漉漉 (濕漉漉) | shī lù lù | damp; clammy |
| 洳 | rù | damp; boggy |
| 潮 | cháo | tide; damp; moist; humid |
| 溽 | rù | damp; muggy |
| 泽 (澤) | zé | pool; pond |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 潮湿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高潮 | gāo cháo | high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity |
| 潮流 | cháo liú | tide; current |
| 浪潮 | làng cháo | wave; tides |
| 热潮 (熱潮) | rè cháo | wave of enthusiasm; craze; upsurge |
| 思潮 | sī cháo | tide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period |
| 湿地 (溼地) | shī dì | variant of 湿地 (shī dì) |
| 湿度 (濕度) | shī dù | humidity level |
| 湿润 (濕潤) | shī rùn | moist |
See also: Japanese symbol for “damp”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.