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高潮

gāocháo
nounHSK 4

“High tide” in Chinese is 高潮 (gāocháo).

Meaning

  • high tide; high water
  • upsurge; peak of activity
  • climax (of a story, a competition etc)
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  • to have an orgasm

Example

我快要到高潮了。

I am reaching the climax.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

gāoHSK 110 strokeshighcháoHSK 415 strokestide

More HSK 4 words

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Not to be confused with: 高超 (gāochāo, excellent)