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高潮 gāocháo “climax” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 高潮 means

  1. climax
  2. high tide
  3. upsurge
  4. high water
  5. peak of activity
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • climax (of a story, a competition etc)

How to say 高潮

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale高gāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale潮cháo2nd tone, rising

高潮 in a sentence

  1. 电影的高潮部分非常精彩。

    Diànyǐng de gāocháo bùfen fēicháng jīngcǎi.

    The climax of the film is brilliant.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 晚会在大家的歌声中达到了高潮。

    Wǎnhuì zài dàjiā de gēshēng zhōng dádào le gāocháo.

    The party reached its high point as everyone sang together.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 高潮 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 高 (gāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
高gāohigh
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 冋desert · jiōng

Memory aidDrawn from a tall tower: high, tall.

The character 潮 (cháo) with each of its parts in a different colour
潮cháotide
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 朝to face · cháoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 朝 (cháo) hints at the sound. Compare it with cháo.

How to write 高潮

高 10 strokes · 潮 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

高潮 (gāocháo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 高潮 (gāocháo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 高潮

Words with 高

高兴gāoxìng · happy高gāo · tall高中gāozhōng · senior high school提高tígāo · to raise高铁gāotiě · high-speed rail身高shēngāo · (a person’s) height高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway高级gāojí · high level高档gāodàng · superior quality崇高chónggāo · lofty

Words with 潮

潮湿cháoshī · damp潮流cháoliú · trend

More words: Ideas & Concepts

幅度fúdù · range符号fúhào · symbol复活fùhuó · to come back to life福气fúqi · good fortune高峰gāofēng · peak高涨gāozhǎng · to rise格局géjú · structure根源gēnyuán · root

FAQs

高潮 (gāocháo) means “climax” or “high tide”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gāocháo: gāo with a 1st tone, then cháo with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 高潮 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaochao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 高潮 from the suggestions. Typing gaochao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
高潮 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.