HSK 5 · Verbs

湿润 shīrùn “moist” in Chinese

Traditional 濕潤

What 湿润 means

  1. moist

How to say 湿润

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale湿shī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale润rùn4th tone, falling

湿润 in a sentence

  1. 雨后的空气很湿润。

    Yǔ hòu de kōngqì hěn shīrùn.

    The air is moist after the rain.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 南方的气候比北方湿润。

    Nánfāng de qìhòu bǐ běifāng shīrùn.

    The climate in the south is more humid than in the north.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 湿润 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 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.

The character 润 (rùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
润rùnmoist; glossy; sleek
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 闰intercalary · rùnSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 闰 (rùn) hints at the sound. Compare it with rùn.

How to write 湿润

湿 12 strokes · 润 10 strokes

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

Words related to 湿润

Words with 湿

潮湿cháoshī · damp

Words with 润

利润lìrùn · profits滋润zīrùn · moist

More words: Common Verbs

亮liàng · bright碰pèng · to touch签qiān · to sign (one’s name)伤害shānghài · to hurt摔倒shuāidǎo · to fall over随身suíshēn · to carry with you调整tiáozhěng · to adjust冻dòng · to freeze

FAQs

湿润 (shīrùn) means “moist”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shīrùn: shī with a 1st tone, then rùn with a 4th 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, 湿润 is written 濕潤. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shirun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 湿润 from the suggestions. Typing shirun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
湿润 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.