Definition

1. Noun:
   • High tide / High water: The periodic rise in the level of a body of water, especially the sea, reaching its highest point. It refers to the state or time when the tide is at its peak.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chúng tôi đi thuyền lúc nước lên. (We go boating at high tide.)
  • Cửa sông ngập khi nước lên. (The river mouth floods during high water.)
  • Nước lên làm ngập bãi biển. (The high tide submerges the beach.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "nước lên" is often used in contrast with "nước rút" (low tide/ebb tide) to describe the tidal cycle.
  • Ngư dân cần biết lịch nước lên và nước rút. (Fishermen need to know the schedule of high tide and low tide.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thủy triều lên (n): A more formal or scientific term for the rising tide or flood tide.

  • Hiện tượng thủy triều lên xảy ra hai lần một ngày. (The phenomenon of the rising tide occurs twice a day.)

• Triều cường (n): Spring tide; an especially high tide that occurs during new and full moons.

  • Triều cường là đợt nước lên rất cao. (A spring tide is a period of very high water.)

Synonyms

• High tide: The state of the tide when at its highest level.
• Flood tide: The incoming or rising tide.
• High water: The highest level reached by a body of water during a tidal cycle.

Related Idioms and Expressions

• Thuận buồm xuôi gió, gặp lúc nước lên: Literally "favorable sails and tailwinds, meeting the high tide," meaning to have everything go smoothly, to encounter perfect conditions for success.
  • Công việc của anh ấy như thuận buồm xuôi gió, gặp lúc nước lên. (His work is going smoothly, meeting perfect conditions.)

1. High water, high tide