Chinese symbol for “haze”
霾
mái
haze
The closest CC-CEDICT match for haze is 霾 (mái), defined as: haze.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “haze”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阴霾 (陰霾) | yīn mái | haze |
| 烟霞 (煙霞) | yān xiá | haze |
| 雾霾 (霧霾) | wù mái | haze; smog |
| 薄雾 (薄霧) | bó wù | mist; haze |
| 霭 (靄) | ǎi | mist; haze |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 霾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阴霾 (陰霾) | yīn mái | haze |
| 烟霾 (煙霾) | yān mái | smoke; pollution |
| 灰霾 | huī mái | dust haze; dust storm |
| 雾霾 (霧霾) | wù mái | haze; smog |
See also: Japanese symbol for “haze”.
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.