cháo
humide; humide; marée
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现在是涨潮的时候。
Xiànzài shì zhǎngcháo de shíhòu.
It is high tide now.
这个城市很潮。
Zhège chéngshì hěn cháo.
This city is very trendy.
他穿得很潮。
Tā chuān de hěn cháo.
He dresses very fashionably.
涨潮 (zhǎngcháo)
high tide
潮流 (cháoliú)
trend
退 (tuì)
recede
落 (luò)
fall
The Chinese character 潮 (cháo) for "tide" is composed of two parts: 氵(shuǐ), which is a water radical, and 朝 (zhāo), which means "morning" or "facing the sun". The character 潮 originally meant "the morning tide", which is the first tide of the day. Over time, the meaning of 潮 expanded to include all tides, as well as other meanings such as "trend" or "fashion".The character 朝 (zhāo) is itself composed of two parts: 日 (rì), which means "sun", and 旦 (dàn), which means "dawn" or "morning". The character 朝 originally meant "the morning sun", but it also came to be used to mean "facing the sun" or "east".The combination of 氵(shuǐ) and 朝 (zhāo) in the character 潮 (cháo) thus creates a vivid image of the morning tide, with the sun rising over the water. This character is a beautiful example of how Chinese characters can combine different elements to create new meanings and images.
