潮信

Chinese

		tide; current; damp tide; current; damp; moist; humid	letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
simp. and trad. (潮信)		潮	信

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháoxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháoxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháosìn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao²-hsin⁴
    • Yale: cháu-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaurshinn
    • Palladius: чаосинь (čaosinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/

Noun

潮信

1. tidal water; tide
2. (literary, euphemistic) menstruation; period

Synonyms

• (menstruation):

Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月經, 月信, 月事, 潮信 euphemistic
Mandarin	Beijing	月經, 例假
	Taiwan	月經, 月事, 好朋友, 大姨媽
	Yantai (Muping)	經脈兒
	Jinan	月經, 例假
	Wanrong	月經, 身上
	Xining	例假
	Wuhan	好事
	Singapore	月經, 大姨媽
	Dagudi (Maliba)	月經, 姊妹
	Reshuitang (Longling)	大姨媽
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	月經, 大姨媽
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	月經
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大姨媽, 姑婆, 例假
	Hong Kong	月經, 大姨媽, M
Gan	Lichuan	身上
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	月期
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	月期
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	月期
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	月期
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	月期
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	月期
Jin	Taiyuan	月經
Southern Min	Xiamen	月經
	Quanzhou	月經
	Zhangzhou	月經
	Kaohsiung	月經
	Yilan	月經
	Changhua (Lukang)	月經
	Taichung	月事
	Taichung (Wuqi)	月經
	Tainan	mè-sù, 月經, 驚儂個
	Taitung	月經
	Hsinchu	月經
	Penghu (Magong)	月經
	Singapore (Hokkien)	月經
	Manila (Hokkien)	月經
	Jieyang	老馬
Wu	Shanghai	月經, 經水 dated, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽
	Ningbo	大尿, 月家
	Wenzhou	身上來