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潮

cháo · chao

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Meaning

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  1. tide
  2. damp; moist; humid
  3. fashionable; trendy
  4. (coll.) inferior; substandard
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Trendy sneakers

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)这双(zhèshuāng)鞋(xié)真(zhēn)潮(cháo)！

    Dengdeng, your shoes are really trendy!

  2. Dengdeng

    对吧(duìba)？这是(zhèshì)今年(jīnnián)最(zuì)潮(cháo)的(de)颜色(yánsè)。

    Right? It's the trendiest color this year.

  3. Liangliang

    什么(shénme)颜色(yánsè)？

    What color?

  4. Dengdeng

    荧光绿(yíngguānglǜ)！

    Neon green!

  5. Liangliang

    潮(cháo)是(shì)潮(cháo)，可是(kěshì)晚上(wǎnshang)大家(dàjiā)会(huì)以为(yǐwéi)你(nǐ)是(shì)一盏(yīzhǎn)灯(dēng)。

    Trendy, yes, but at night everyone will think you are a lamp.

  6. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)本来(běnlái)就是(jiùshì)灯灯(dēngdēng)啊(a)！

    I am Dengdeng, after all!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

退(tuì)潮(cháo)后(hòu)，沙(shā)滩(tān)上(shàng)留(liú)下(xià)了(le)许(xǔ)多(duō)贝(bèi)壳(ké)。

After the tide went out, many shells were left on the beach.

02

这(zhè)种(zhǒng)穿(chuān)搭(dā)最(zuì)近(jìn)在(zài)年(nián)轻(qīng)人(rén)中(zhōng)很(hěn)潮(cháo)。

This kind of outfit is very trendy among young people lately.

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