朔望潮

Traditional form:

朔望潮

Pinyin (reading):

shuòwàngcháo

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 朔 - beginning; the first day of the lunar month
• 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
• 潮 - tide, current; damp, moist, wet

Traditional characters:

• 朔 - beginning; the first day of the lunar month
• 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
• 潮 - tide, current; damp, moist, wet