Chinese symbol for “muggy”
湿热
shī rè
Traditional: 濕熱
(of weather) hot and humid; muggy; (TCM) damp-heat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for muggy is 湿热 (shī rè), defined as: (of weather) hot and humid; muggy; (TCM) damp-heat.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “muggy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溽 | rù | damp; muggy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 湿热.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 湿地 (溼地) | shī dì | variant of 湿地 (shī dì) |
| 潮湿 (潮濕) | cháo shī | damp; moist |
| 湿度 (濕度) | shī dù | humidity level |
| 湿润 (濕潤) | shī rùn | moist |
| 湿透 (濕透) | shī tòu | drenched; wet through |
| 热情 (熱情) | rè qíng | cordial; enthusiastic |
| 热爱 (熱愛) | rè ài | to love ardently; to adore |
| 热烈 (熱烈) | rè liè | enthusiastic; ardent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “muggy”.
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.