高潮

Chinese

		high; tall	tide; current; damp tide; current; damp; moist; humid
simp. and trad. (高潮)		高	潮

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 高潮(こうちょう) (kōchō, “climax”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 高潮 (gāocháo, “high tide”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāocháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ciu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-tiau / ko-tiau / ko-tiâu / ko-tiô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāocháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaocháo
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-chʻao²
    • Yale: gāu-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauchaur
    • Palladius: гаочао (gaočao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ ciu⁴
    • Yale: gōu chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-tiau
    • Tâi-lô: koo-tiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ko'diaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ tiau³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-tiau
    • Tâi-lô: ko-tiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'diaw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: ko-tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'diaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² tiau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-tiô
    • Tâi-lô: ko-tiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'diooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² tio¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 高潮

1. (oceanography) high tide; high water (Classifier: 個／个; 次)

   高潮時你不能在這個海灘散步。 [MSC, trad.]
   高潮时你不能在这个海滩散步。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gāocháo shí nǐ bùnéng zài zhège hǎitān sànbù. [Pinyin]

   You can't walk along this beach at high tide.

2. major development; climax (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
3. (narratology) climax; turning point (Classifier: 個／个; 次)

   第五場是全劇的高潮。 [MSC, trad.]
   第五场是全剧的高潮。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dì wǔ chǎng shì quán jù de gāocháo. [Pinyin]

   The fifth scene was the climax of the play.

4. orgasm (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
5. upsurge (Classifier: 個／个; 次)

Synonyms

• (high tide): 滿潮／满潮 (mǎncháo), (Min Nan) 墊滇／垫滇

Antonyms

• (high tide): 低潮 (dīcháo)

Related terms

• 熱潮／热潮 (rècháo)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 高潮

1. (～村) Gaochao (a village in Xinshi, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	潮
たか Grade: 2	しお Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
高	潮
こう Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

高(こう)潮(ちょう) • (kōchō) ^{←かうてう (kauteu)?} (alternative reading hiragana たかしお, rōmaji takashio, historical hiragana たかしほ)

1. climax
2. (oceanography) high tide

Derived terms

• 高潮警報(たかしおけいほう) (takashiokeihō, “takashiokeihō”): high tide warning

Descendants

• Chinese: 高潮 (gāocháo)
• Korean: 고조 (gojo)
• Vietnamese: cao trào

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Korean

Hanja in this term
高	潮

Noun

高潮 • (gojo) (hangeul 고조)

1. Hanja form^? of 고조 (“climax”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
高	潮

Noun

高潮

1. chữ Hán form of cao trào (“climax”).