涌潮 yǒngcháo to surge upstream Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 涌 湧 yǒng verb to gush; to surge to bubble up, gush, or well up; to rush forth, surge, or appear in large numbers like a liquid潮 cháo nounverb tide The periodic rising and falling of sea levels caused by the gravitational forces of the moon and sun