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波 bō

waves, ripples, breakers; undulations

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 6
Radical
氵
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 氵皮 ⿰氵皮

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  1. 海上的波浪很大。
    Hǎi shàng de bōlàng hěn dà.
    The waves on the sea are very big.
    sea on (particle) wave very big
  2. 你听到波涛的声音了吗？
    Nǐ tīng dào bōtāo de shēngyīn le ma?
    Did you hear the sound of the surging waves?
    you hear reach great-waves (particle) sound (particle) (question)
  3. 我们坐下来看看海浪波涛吧。
    Wǒmen zuò xiàlái kànkan hǎilàng bōtāo ba.
    Let's sit down and watch the surging sea waves.
    we sit down look sea-wave great-wave (suggestion)
  4. 今天海上没有什么波浪。
    Jīntiān hǎi shàng méiyǒu shénme bōlàng.
    There aren't many waves on the sea today.
    today sea on not-have what wave
  5. 台风来临前，海面上的波涛异常汹涌。
    Táifēng láilín qián, hǎimiàn shàng de bōtāo yìcháng xiōngyǒng.
    Before the typhoon arrived, the waves on the sea surface were unusually turbulent.
    typhoon arrive before, sea-surface on (particle) great-wave unusually turbulent

Words with 波 (3)