濕

简 湿 · 繁 濕
Mandarin · pinyin shī

Meanings

  1. moist
  2. wet
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

濕
Look up this written character
湿
shī · wet, moist, humid, damp; illness
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1 · shi1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link39same-tone records
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

濕 · find source passages ↗ · 湿 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sap1

Cantonese word readings for 濕. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

  1. wet; damp; moist; humid
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) delayed; impassable
  3. to wet; to dampen
  4. (Cantonese, slang) horny (of a woman)

character · Etymology 2

  1. an ancient river in Shandong

character · Etymology 3

  1. (Cantonese, vehicles) shaft; driveshaft (Classifier: 條/条 c)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack