大潮

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	tide; current; damp tide; current; damp; moist; humid
simp. and trad. (大潮)		大	潮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàcháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ciu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàcháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàcháo
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chʻao²
    • Yale: dà-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchaur
    • Palladius: дачао (dačao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ciu⁴
    • Yale: daaih chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/

Noun

大潮

1. spring tide
2. (figurative) social trend; megatrend

   在世界經濟大潮破浪前行 [MSC, trad.]
   在世界经济大潮破浪前行 [MSC, simp.]

   zài shìjiè jīngjì dàcháo pòlàng qiánxíng [Pinyin]

   to navigate the waves of the world economy

Synonyms

• (spring tide): (Hokkien) 大流, 大流水
• (social trend): 巨浪 (jùlàng), 浪潮 (làngcháo)

Related terms

• 巨浪 (jùlàng)
• 浪潮 (làngcháo)