還潮

Chinese

	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	tide; current; damp tide; current; damp; moist; humid
trad. (還潮)	還	潮
simp. (还潮)	还	潮
alternative forms	回潮

Note:

還潮

(Wu, of weather) to become damp (as part of the yearly weather pattern)
還潮天氣／还潮天气 [Shanghainese] ― ⁶we-zau-thi-chi [Wugniu] ― high-moisture weather
- 格個地方還潮猛還潮猛箇。 [Wu, trad.]
  格个地方还潮猛还潮猛个。 [Wu, simp.]
  From: 1996, Cao Zhiyun, 金華方言詞典, page 72
  This place is just so damp!
(Wu, of objects) to be affected by such damp weather
石板還潮，陰雨難逃 [Ningbonese, trad.]
石板还潮，阴雨难逃 [Ningbonese, simp.]
Roadtiles dampen, rain impending.

餅乾還潮了，勿好吃了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
饼干还潮了，勿好吃了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁵pin-koe ⁶we-zau-leq ⁶veq₈-hau ⁷chiq-leq [Wugniu]
The biscuits have gone bad / aren't crispy anymore (because of the moisture). They can no longer be eaten.
(Wu, figurative, of an old tendency) to redevelop; to resurge
- 幼兒園去去，儇勒兩三日，該槍又還潮𡀂。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
  幼儿园去去，儇勒两三日，该枪又还潮𡀂。 [Ningbonese, simp.]
  From: 1996, Tang Zhenzhu, Wu Xinmin and Wu Xinxian, 寧波方言詞典, page 149
  (The child) just got into kindergarten and they were behaving well for two or three days. Now they've just turned back into the little devil they are.

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