潮 (cháo): tide, damp, moist, humid, fashionable, trendy
潮 (cháo) is a Chinese character meaning “tide.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 朝 (phonetic). It ranks #1294 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 潮 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- tide
- damp
- moist
- humid
- fashionable
- trendy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 潮
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高潮noun | gāo cháo | high tide |
| 浪潮noun | làng cháo | wave |
| 新潮noun | xīn cháo | modern |
| 低潮noun | dī cháo | low tide |
| 热潮noun | rè cháo | wave of enthusiasm |
| 潮汐noun | cháo xī | tide |
| 涨潮verb | zhǎng cháo | high tide |
| 潮水noun | cháo shuǐ | tide |
| 性高潮noun | xìng gāo cháo | orgasm |
| 风潮noun | fēng cháo | tempest |
| 心血来潮phrase | xīn xuè lái cháo | to be prompted by a sudden impulse |
| 心潮澎湃phrase | xīn cháo péng pài | to be overwhelmed by emotions |
| 狂潮noun | kuáng cháo | surging tide |
| 大潮noun | dà cháo | spring tide |
| 高潮迭起 | gāo cháo dié qǐ | each new high point replaced by another |
潮 appears in 84 compound words: 37 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 潮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
lit. wind rises, tide bubbles up; turbulent times; violent development (idiom)
each new high point replaced by another; (of a movie etc) one climax after another
Example Sentences
受潮的衣服有一股霉味，需要重新洗一遍。
Shòucháo de yīfu yǒu yī gǔ méi wèi, xūyào chóngxīn xǐ yī biàn.
The damp clothes have a musty smell and need to be washed again.
陆玻纤布业 再掀涨价潮
lù bō qiàn bù yè zài xiān zhǎng jià cháo
The land glass fiber fabric industry has set off another wave of price increases
主权卫星商机崛起 华通搭上热潮成大赢家
zhǔ quán wèi xīng shāng jī jué qǐ huá tōng dā shàng rè cháo chéng dà yíng jiā
The rise of sovereign satellite business opportunities Huatong has become a big winner on the boom
AI+玩具引领消费风潮,成都有店铺多次补货仍供不应..
A I wán jù yǐn lǐng xiāo fèi fēng cháo , chéng dōu yǒu diàn pù duō cì bǔ huò réng gōng bù yīng . .
AI+ toys lead the consumption trend, and Chengdu stores have replenished many times but are still in short supply:
...0人闹社火、品尝汉代美食,一起解锁新年最潮打..
. . . rén nào shè huǒ pǐn cháng hàn dài měi shí , yī qǐ xiè suǒ xīn nián zuì cháo dǎ . .
... ...0 social fire, taste the Han Dynasty food, together to unlock the New Year's most trendy hit ...
春晚引爆机器人热潮!上百股或受益,节前逾20亿抢筹..
chūn wǎn yǐn bào jī qì rén rè cháo ! shǎng bǎi gǔ huò shòu yì , jié qián yú yì qiāng chóu . .
Spring Festival Gala triggered robot boom! Hundreds of shares or benefit, more than 2 billion before the festival...
12月份巴厘岛极其炎热和潮湿。
12 yuèfèn Bālí Dǎo jíqí yánrè hé cháoshī.
It is extremely hot and humid in Bali in December.
台湾的夏天很潮湿闷热。
Táiwān de xiàtiān hěn cháoshī mēnrè.
Summers in Taiwan are sweltering.
炎热潮湿的天气使我们变得懒散。
Yánrè cháoshī de tiānqì shǐ wǒmen biànde lǎnsǎn.
Hot and humid weather makes us lazy.
夏天总是闷热而又潮湿。
Xiàtiān zǒngshì mēnrè ér yòu cháoshī.
Summer is always hot and humid.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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