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how to write chao(tide) in chinese

潮

pinyincháo
radicals氵Stroke count15
eanglish meaningtide; upsurge; current; damp; moist; inferior

Stroke order of the Chinese character "潮" (chao)

Handwriting

n. （潮汐; 潮水） tide:

1. 大 [小]潮
spring [neap] tide;

2. 涨 [落]潮
flood [ebb] tide;

3. 歌声如潮
the sound of songs rising and falling like waves;

4. 下午两点退潮。
The tide sets out at 2 p.m.

n. （比喻大规模的社会变动或运动发展的起伏形势） (social) upsurge; current; tide:

1. 工潮
workers' strike;

2. 怒潮
raging tide;

3. 思潮
trend of thought;

4. 学潮
student strike; campus upheaval

adj. （潮湿） damp; moist:

1. 火柴受潮了。
The matches have got damp.

2. 雨季里东西容易返潮。
In the rainy season things get damp easily.

adj. [方] （成色低劣） inferior:

1. 金[银]子成色潮
low content of gold [silver]

adj. [方] （技术不高） inferior:

1. 手艺潮
inferior skill