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cháo
HSK 4freq #5342

Meanings

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cháo
  1. 1.tide
  2. 2.damp; moist; humid
  3. 3.fashionable; trendy
  4. 4.(coll.) inferior; substandard

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.tide
  2. 2.wave
  3. 3.damp; humid
  4. 4.wet
  5. 5.trendy; popular
  6. 6.poor; inferior; substandard; low-grade

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *r'ew): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew). "Rising tide in the daytime" > "tide" (in general). Derived from 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew, “morning”). Compare 汐 (OC *ljaːɡ, “evening tide; ebb”) < 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ, “evening”).

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