潮

cháo · chao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

退(tuì)潮(cháo)后(hòu),沙(shā)滩(tān)上(shàng)留(liú)下(xià)了(le)许(xǔ)多(duō)贝(bèi)壳(ké)。

After the tide went out, many shells were left on the beach.

02

这(zhè)种(zhǒng)穿(chuān)搭(dā)最(zuì)近(jìn)在(zài)年(nián)轻(qīng)人(rén)中(zhōng)很(hěn)潮(cháo)。

This kind of outfit is very trendy among young people lately.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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