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高潮
Mandarin · pinyin gāo cháo
Meanings
- high tide; high water
- upsurge; peak of activity
- climax (of a story, a competition etc)
- to have an orgasm
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1–2 · gao1 chao2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gou1 ciu4
Cantonese word readings for 高潮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- (oceanography) high tide; high water (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
- (figuratively) major development; climax (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
- (figuratively, narratology) climax; turning point (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
- (Northern Wu) beginning of an event
- (figuratively) orgasm (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
- (figuratively) upsurge (Classifier: 個／个; 次)
name
- (～村) Gaochao (a village in Xinshi, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
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