黑潮 hēicháo Kuroshio Current Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents hēicháo Kuroshio Current 黑 hēi adjective black the color of coal or ink; opposite of 白 bái潮 cháo nounverb tide The periodic rising and falling of sea levels caused by the gravitational forces of the moon and sunhēicháo reactionary trend 黑 hēi noun wicked sinister; vicious; heartless; cruel潮 cháo noun upsurge A social or emotional current or wave that rises and falls like a tide, such as an ideological trend