“潮男(cháonán)”— Wet or Fashionable?

“潮(cháo),” literally means “tide,” and is typically used in phrases related to the tide, such as “潮水(cháoshuǐ) tide” and “涨潮(zhǎngcháo) rising tide” etc.

Examples

Qiántángjiāng de cháoshuǐ hěn yǒumíng. 钱塘江             的  潮水        很   有名。

The tide of Qiantang River is very famous.

Zhǎngcháo de shíhou …