Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 潮

tide
damp; moist; humid
fashionable; trendy
(coll.) inferior; substandard

humidity
moisture

damp proof
moisture proof
protection against tides

favorable tide

Kuroshio current

tempest
wave (of popular sentiment etc)
craze or fad

high tide; high water
upsurge; peak of activity
climax (of a story, a competition etc)
to have an orgasm

Chaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市 ( Cháozhōu Shì) and Shantou 汕頭市／汕头市 ( Shàntóu Shì), with its own distinct language (Chaoshan Min 潮汕話／潮汕话 ( Cháoshànhuà)) and culture

menarche

undercurrent

algal bloom

(of a tide) to ebb or go out

low tide
low ebb

Chaonan District of Shantou City 汕頭市／汕头市 ( Shàntóu Shì), Guangdong

hot flush

Chao'an county in Chaozhou 潮州 ( Cháozhōu), Guangdong

tide

Chaozhou or Teochew prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省／广东省 ( Guǎngdōng Shěng), with famous cuisine
Chaochou town in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan
Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語／闽南语 ( Mǐnnányǔ) spoken in east Guangdong

a tide of people

metrosexual

tide

trendsetter

damp
moist

woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda)
a.k.a. roly-poly, pill bug, sow bug etc

Chaoyang District of Shantou City 汕頭市／汕头市 ( Shàntóu Shì), Guangdong

tide of thought
way of thinking characteristic of a historical period
Zeitgeist

flush

to become moist again
to revive (usually of sth bad)
resurgence

student protest
campus unrest

cold wave
CL:股 (gǔ)

modern
fashionable

to blush
flush
red tide (algal bloom)
menstruation

spring tide

high tide
high water

(of water) to rise
rising tide
(of women) to get one's period

tide
current
trend

wave of enthusiasm; craze; upsurge

surging tide
(fig.) tide
craze
rage
spree

to get moist; to get damp (due to humidity, seepage etc)

to surge like the tide

tide level

tide

(tidal) bore
raging tide

spring tide
(fig.) momentous social change

neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)

low tide
low water

(of a tide) to ebb or go out

(of clothing, furniture, walls etc) to get damp (by absorbing moisture from the air or the ground)

fashionable word or phrase
abbr. for 潮流用語／潮流用语 (cháoliúyòngyǔ)

high tide
rising tide

to deliquesce
deliquescence (chemistry)

female ejaculation

wave
tides

deliquescent

baby boom

gold rush

tidal power
tidal energy

fiddler crab (genus Uca)

Cháozhōu Shì

Chaozhou or Teochew prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省／广东省 ( Guǎngdōng Shěng)

Chao'an county in Chaozhou 潮州 ( Cháozhōu), Guangdong

Qiántángcháo

tidal bore of Qiantang river

fángcháodiàn

groundsheet (for camping etc)

Chaonan District of Shantou City 汕頭市／汕头市 ( Shàntóu Shì), Guangdong

intertidal zone

anticlimax

Chaoshan or Teo-Swa, a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people of the Chaoshan region 潮汕 ( Cháoshàn)

Chaoyang District, Shantou City 汕頭市／汕头市 ( Shàntóu Shì), Guangdong

tide embankment

lit. low tide
fig. the lowest point (e.g. of a relationship)

storm surge

the tide
high and low water

orgasm
climax

shuòwàngcháo

spring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon)

Li Yuanchao (1950-), vice president of PRC from 2013-2018

Cháozhōuzhèn

Chaochou town in Pingtung County 屏東縣／屏东县 ( Píngdōng Xiàn), Taiwan

xìngyùgāocháo

orgasm

fēngqǐcháoyǒng

lit. wind rises, tide bubbles up
turbulent times
violent development (idiom)

thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
different thoughts coming to mind

xīnxuèláicháo

to be prompted by a sudden impulse
carried away by a whim
to have a brainstorm

gāocháodiéqǐ

each new high point replaced by another
(of a movie etc) one climax after another

xīncháopéngpài

to be overwhelmed by emotions

xìngjiāogāocháo

orgasm

xīngfèngāocháo

peak of excitement
orgasm

cháoxīdiànzhàn

tidal power station

jiāpíngrúcháo

a hit
tremendous popularity