Wet in Chinese (Mandarin): 湿 (shī)
湿
shī
wet
- Simplified
- 湿
- Traditional
- 濕
- Pinyin
- shī
- Typed as
- shi
Use it in a sentence
我的衣服湿了。
我的衣服濕了。
My clothes got wet.
The characters in 湿
湿 / 濕
Wet. 氵 (water) is on the left.
12 strokes
First tone. The opposite is 干 (gān), dry. Wet through is 湿透了 (shī tòu le).
More examples with 湿
下雨了，我的头发湿了。
下雨了，我的頭髮濕了。
Xià yǔ le, wǒ de tóufa shī le.
It rained and my hair got wet.
毛巾是湿的。
毛巾是濕的。
Máojīn shì shī de.
The towel is wet.
How to write 湿 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
湿 12 strokes
In Traditional characters:
濕 17 strokes
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