高潮 gāocháo▶ cao trào

Stroke order

高潮 is written in 25 strokes across 2 characters.

• 高 — 10 strokes
• 潮 — 15 strokes

Senses

1. high tide; high water
2. upsurge; peak of activity
3. climax (of a story, a competition etc)
4. to have an orgasm

Related words

• 崇高cao cả; cao quý
• 潮流Xu hướng
• 高尚cao quý
• 高峰đỉnh; cao điểm
• 高明rực rỡ; sáng
• 高涨dâng trào; bùng nổ

高潮 is pronounced gāocháo and means “cao trào”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 高潮 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.