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How to distinguish between 'shī' (濕) and 'shī' (溼)? Should the pronunciation 'shī' be written as 濕 or 溼? A netizen mentioned that in the third grade of elementary school, they were taught to use '溼', sparking a heated discussion among many netizens. According to the revised edition of the Ministry of Education's Chinese Dictionary, 濕 and 溼 are actually interchangeable. However, a Chinese language teacher stated that 溼 refers to inanimate things, while 濕 refers to living things. Many netizens left comments, igniting a two-sided discussion: 'I was born in 1988 and never wrote 溼, always 濕. Has it changed now?', 'I learned 溼, born in the early 70s.', 'Born in '89, the textbook taught '溼'.', 'I don't remember how it was taught in school, but I always wrote '溼'.', 'I always write 濕.' In my time, we always wrote 'wet towel' using 濕, and I rarely saw the character above!