湿答答

濕答答

shīdādā

adjective

Meanings

1 soaking wet; dripping wet

Characters

(onomatopoeic, suggesting stickiness)

(onomatopoeic, suggesting stickiness)

Examples

他淋了一路的雨，回来时湿答答的。

Tā lín le yí lù de yǔ, huílái shí shīdādā de.

He got caught in the rain the whole way — he came back soaking wet.

毛巾还湿答答的，先别收进柜子。

Máojīn hái shīdādā de, xiān bié shōu jìn guìzi.

The towel is still damp, don't put it in the cupboard yet.

Tips

usage

Conversational and very alive. Used in spoken Mandarin and especially common in Taiwan. Not quite the same as 湿淋淋 — 湿答答 is more about sticky dampness, 湿淋淋 is about dripping.

Stroke Order

湿 shī

答 dá