The Chinese word for wave is
波浪
bōlàng
Translations for wave and their definitions
| 波浪 | |
| 1. n. wave (moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid) |
| 波 | |
| 1. wave; breaker | |
| 2. undulation | |
| 3. (physics) wave | |
| 聲波 (shēngbō) - sound wave | |
| 微波 (wēibō) - microwave | |
| 4. (Sichuanese, including, Chongqing and Neijiang) elderly person | |
| 5. Short for 波蘭, Poland | |
| 6. Short for 波斯, Persia | |
| 7. Used in 波羅 (,) Alternative form of 菠蘿 | |
| 8. (Cantonese, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) ball | |
| 9. (Cantonese) ball game, especially football | |
| 10. (Cantonese) team in a ball game, especially football | |
| 11. (Cantonese) automotive gear, gearbox; transmission | |
| 低波 - low gear | |
| 12. (Hong Kong Cantonese) typhoon signal (issued by the Hong Kong Observatory) | |
| 八 號 波 - Typhoon Signal No. 8 | |
| 13. (chiefly Hong Kong Cantonese figurative) boob; breast | |
| 14. (Hong Kong Cantonese) ball; dance party | |
| 15. (Hong Kong Cantonese figuratively, always with the classifier) responsibility | |
| 16. Variant of 簸 |
| 浪 | |
| 1. wave | |
| 2. something resembling waves | |
| 麥浪 - billowing wheat fields | |
| 3. to be unrestrained | |
| 浪費 - to waste | |
| 4. dissolute | |
| 浪蕩 - dissolute; dissipated | |
| 狂蜂浪蝶 - lascivious men | |
| 5. (dialectal Mandarin or slang) to amuse oneself; to have fun; to go out; to hang out; to stroll | |
| 6. (literary) in vain | |
| 7. Only used in 滄浪 (, 浪浪) | |
| 8. (Wu) on; above | |
| 衣裳 擺 辣 床 浪。 - tr=1i zaan&2pa&5laq&3zaan&3laan, Put the clothes on the bed., SH, ref=2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 8 |
| 招手 | |
| 1. v. to wave one's hand; to beckon |
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