潮水 (cháo shuǐ) — tide

Definition

Examples

• 潮水涨得很高，把岸边的石头都淹没了。
  cháo shuǐ Zhǎng dé hěn gāo, bǎ àn biān de shí tou dōu yān mò le.
  The tide rose so high that it submerged the rocks on the shore.
• 他的心情就像潮水一样，时高时低。
  Tā de xīn qíng jiù xiàng cháo shuǐ yí yàng, shí gāo shí dī.
  His mood is like the tide, now high now low.
• 每年夏季，这里的潮水特别大。
  Měi nián xià jì, zhè lǐ de cháo shuǐ tè bié dà.
  Every summer, the tide here is particularly strong.