高潮
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 6
高潮 (gāocháo) · climax
高潮 (gāocháo) means “climax; peak; high tide”. It is written with 2 characters: 高 (high) + 潮 (damp). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 高潮 is built
The characters
高 gāo · high
What 高 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 冋jiōng — desert
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A tall palace (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
潮 cháo · damp
What 潮 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 朝cháo — to face
- 龺gān — sunlight
- 十 — ten
- 日rì — sun; day
- 十 — ten
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
- 龺gān — sunlight
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 朝 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
比赛进入了高潮。Bǐsài jìnrù le gāocháo.The match reached its climax.
这个故事的高潮在哪儿？Zhège gùshi de gāocháo zài nǎr?Where is the climax of this story?
Questions about 高潮
What does 高潮 mean?
高潮 (gāocháo) means “climax; peak; high tide”.
How do you pronounce 高潮?
高潮 is pronounced gāocháo.
Which HSK level is 高潮?
高潮 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 高兴gāoxìnghappy
- 高级gāojíadvanced
- 高中gāozhōngsenior high school
- 提高tígāoto raise
- 高速gāosùhigh speed
- 高速公路gāosù gōnglùexpressway
- 跳高tiàogāohigh jump
- 高价gāojiàhigh price
- 高尚gāoshàngnoble
- 高铁gāotiěhigh-speed rail
Learn 高潮 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 64: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.