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涛 tāo

large waves

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 6
Radical
氵
Traditional
濤
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 氵寿 ⿰氵寿

Memory hint: water

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  1. 江面上波涛汹涌。
    Jiāngmiàn shàng bōtāo xiōngyǒng.
    The river surface is surging with great waves.
    river-surface on great-wave turbulent
  2. 你听过大海的波涛声吗？
    Nǐ tīng guò dàhǎi de bōtāo shēng ma?
    Have you heard the sound of the ocean's great waves?
    you hear (particle) sea (particle) great-wave sound (question)
  3. 我们坐在岸边听听波涛声吧。
    Wǒmen zuò zài ànbiān tīngting bōtāo shēng ba.
    Let's sit by the shore and listen to the sound of the waves.
    we sit at shore-side listen-listen great-wave sound (suggestion)
  4. 今天海面上没有什么波涛。
    Jīntiān hǎimiàn shàng méiyǒu shénme bōtāo.
    There aren't really any big waves on the sea today.
    today sea-surface on not-have what great-wave
  5. 暴风雨来临前，海上的波涛异常猛烈。
    Bàofēngyǔ láilín qián, hǎi shàng de bōtāo yìcháng měngliè.
    Before the storm arrived, the waves on the sea were unusually violent.
    storm arrive before, sea on (particle) great-wave unusually violent

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