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Chinese symbol for “moisturize”

保湿
bǎo shī
Traditional: 保濕
to moisturize; moisturizing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for moisturize is 保湿 (bǎo shī), defined as: to moisturize; moisturizing.

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Characters and stroke order

保 bǎo
to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes
湿 shī
wet, moist, humid, damp; illness
radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 保湿.

WordPinyinMeaning
保护 (保護)bǎo hùto protect; to defend
保证 (保證)bǎo zhèngguarantee; to guarantee
保持bǎo chíto keep; to maintain
保障bǎo zhàngto ensure; to guarantee
确保 (確保)què bǎoto ensure; to guarantee
保险 (保險)bǎo xiǎninsurance; to insure
湿地 (溼地)shī dìvariant of 湿地 (shī dì)
潮湿 (潮濕)cháo shīdamp; moist

See also: Japanese symbol for “moisturize”.

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.