潮
HSK 4freq #5342
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.tide
- 2.damp; moist; humid
- 3.fashionable; trendy
- 4.(coll.) inferior; substandard
CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA
Wiktionary
- 1.tide
- 2.wave
- 3.damp; humid
- 4.wet
- 5.trendy; popular
- 6.poor; inferior; substandard; low-grade
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
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”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
炎熱潮濕的天氣使我們變得懶散。
Hot and humid weather makes us lazy.
Sentences from Tatoeba · CC-BY 2.0 FR
More examples & usage (AI)
Synonyms
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Derived terms
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA