# 高潮
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāocháo
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄔㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^1$ ciu$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-tiau / ko-tiau / ko-tiâu / ko-tiô
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kau-zau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gāocháo
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄔㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gaocháo
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^1$-chʻao$^2$
*** Yale: gāu-cháu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauchaur
*** Palladius: гаочао (gaočao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^1$ ciu$^4$
*** Yale: gōu chìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^1$ tsiu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^1$ qiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-tiau
*** Tâi-lô: koo-tiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ko'diaw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ tiau³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-tiau
*** Tâi-lô: ko-tiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koi'diaw
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-tiâu
*** Tâi-lô: ko-tiâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koi'diaau
*** IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² tiau¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-tiô
*** Tâi-lô: ko-tiô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koi'diooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² tio¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kau-zau
*** MiniDict: kau$^平$ zau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kau-zau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ zɔ²¹/

### Noun

高潮
* (oceanography) high tide; high water (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
       Gāocháo shí nǐ bùnéng zài zhège hǎitān sànbù. [Pinyin]
       You can't walk along this beach at high tide.
* (figuratively) major development; climax (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
* (figuratively, narratology) climax; turning point (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
       Dì wǔ chǎng shì quán jù de gāocháo. [Pinyin]
       The fifth scene was the climax of the play.
* (Northern Wu) beginning of an event
       I've only just read the first half of this book, it's still just the beginning.
* (figuratively) orgasm (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
* (figuratively) upsurge (Classifier: 個／个; 次)

#### Synonyms

* (high tide): 滿潮／满潮 (mǎncháo), (Hokkien) 墊滇／垫滇
* (upsurge): 熱潮／热潮 (rècháo)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “high tide”): 低潮 (dīcháo)

### Proper noun

高潮
* (～村) Gaochao (a village in Xinshi, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 高 | 潮 |
| たか Grade: 2 | しお Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 高 | 潮 |
| こう Grade: 2 | ちょう Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーちょー [kòóchóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]
* (Tokyo) たかしお [tàkáshíó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ta̠ka̠ɕio̞]

### Noun

高(こう)潮(ちょう) • (kōchō) (alternative reading hiragana たかしお, rōmaji takashio, historical hiragana たかしほ)
* climax
* (oceanography) high tide

#### Derived terms

* 高潮警報(たかしおけいほう) (takashiokeihō, “takashiokeihō”): high tide warning

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 高 | 潮 |

### Noun

高潮 • (gojo) (hangeul 고조)
* hanja form of 고조 (“climax”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 高 | 潮 |

### Noun

高潮
* chữ Hán form of cao trào (“climax”).