HSK 5 · Adjectives

潮湿 cháoshī “damp” in Chinese

Traditional 潮濕

What 潮湿 means

  1. damp
  2. humid
  3. moist

How to say 潮湿

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale潮cháo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale湿shī1st tone, high and level

潮湿 in a sentence

  1. 这里的夏天很潮湿，另外，冬天很干燥。

    Zhèlǐ de xiàtiān hěn cháoshī, lìngwài, dōngtiān hěn gānzào.

    Summer here is very humid; on top of that, winter is very dry.

    Sentence #334378 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 夏天总是闷热而又潮湿。

    Xiàtiān zǒngshì mēnrè ér yòu cháoshī.

    Summer is always hot and humid.

    Sentence #10024462 from Tatoeba

  3. 今天没有昨天潮湿。

    Jīntiān méiyǒu zuótiān cháoshī.

    It’s less humid today than yesterday.

    Sentence #801551 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 潮湿 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 潮 (cháo) with each of its parts in a different colour
潮cháotide
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 朝to face · cháoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 朝 (cháo) hints at the sound. Compare it with cháo.

The character 湿 (shī) with each of its parts in a different colour
湿shīmoist
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 显clear · xiǎnSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 显 (xiǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with shī.

How to write 潮湿

潮 15 strokes · 湿 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

潮湿 (cháoshī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 潮湿 (cháoshī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 潮湿

Words with 潮

潮流cháoliú · trend高潮gāocháo · climax

Words with 湿

湿润shīrùn · moist

More words: Adjectives

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FAQs

潮湿 (cháoshī) means “damp” or “humid”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cháoshī: cháo with a 2nd tone, then shī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 潮湿 is written 潮濕. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chaoshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 潮湿 from the suggestions. Typing chaoshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
潮湿 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.