返潮 Traditional form: 返潮 Pinyin (reading): fǎncháo Definitions: (of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp (by absorbing moisture from the air or the ground) Characters: 返 - to restore, to return, to revert to 潮 - tide, current; damp, moist, wet Traditional characters: 返 - to restore, to return, to revert to 潮 - tide, current; damp, moist, wet