Chinese symbol for “musty”
带霉
dài méi
Traditional: 帶霉
musty; moldy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for musty is 带霉 (dài méi), defined as: musty; moldy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 带霉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 带来 (帶來) | dài lái | to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce |
| 一带 (一帶) | yī dài | region; area |
| 带领 (帶領) | dài lǐng | to guide; to lead |
| 带动 (帶動) | dài dòng | to spur; to provide impetus; to drive |
| 带有 (帶有) | dài yǒu | to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation et |
| 热带 (熱帶) | rè dài | the tropics; tropical |
| 倒霉 | dǎo méi | to have bad luck; to be out of luck |
| 发霉 (發霉) | fā méi | to become moldy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “musty”.
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.