涨潮 (zhǎng cháo) — (of the tide) to rise, to come in | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Refers specifically to the tide rising and coming in toward shore. Use 涨潮 for the incoming tide; for the outgoing tide say 退潮.

verb

(of the tide) to riseto come in

Examples

涨潮，。
Míng tiān xià wǔ zhǎng cháo, wǒ men qù hǎi biān ba.
Tomorrow afternoon the tide will come in; let's go to the beach.
。
Jīn tiān zǎo shàng zhǎng le yí cì cháo.
The tide came in once this morning.
涨潮。
zhǎng cháo De shí hou dà jiā dōu hěn xīng fèn.
Everyone is excited when the tide comes in.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

涨 rise and 潮 tide combine to mean the tide comes in.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 漲; 涨 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

張

張zhāng漲zhàng

Same sound today

The traditional form 漲 pairs 水 (water) with 張 as a sound part; the simplified 涨 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵朝潮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

朝

朝cháo潮cháo

Same sound today

潮 has 氵, the water form 水, on the left to show a water connection, with 朝 on the right giving the sound.

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