xiǎo
cháo

technical
noun

Meaning of 小潮

小潮 means neap tide; the tide with the smallest range of rise and fall during a synodic month. Pronounced xiǎo cháo.

  • neap tide; the tide with the smallest range of rise and fall during a synodic month

Definitions & Examples

Nóng
chū
 
èr
shí
èr
 
èr
shí
sān
zuǒ
yòu
huì
chū
xiàn
xiǎo
cháo
 

Neap tides occur around the 7th-8th and 22nd-23rd days of the lunar month.

Xiǎo
cháo
jiān
 
cháo
chā
tōng
cháng
zhǐ
yǒu
cháo
de
bàn
 

During neap tides, the tidal range is usually only half that of spring tides.

Yóu
yuè
qiú
tài
yáng
de
yǐn
xiāng
xiāo
 
xíng
chéng
le
xiǎo
cháo
 

Neap tides form because the gravitational forces of the moon and sun partially cancel each other out.

mín
tōng
cháng
kāi
xiǎo
cháo
chū
hǎi
 

Fishermen usually avoid going out to fish during neap tide periods.

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