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波
Bō
1. Poland
2. Polish
3. abbr. for [[波蘭|波兰<Bōlán>]]
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

波
bō
waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

中波
ZhōngBō
Chinese-Polish
光波
guāngbō
light wave
削波
xuēbō
clipping (signal processing)
力波
lìbō
Reeb beer
劫波
jiébō
kalpa (loanword) (Hinduism)
古波
Gǔbō
Gubo (a personal name)
周波
zhōubō
cycle (physics)
回波
huíbō
echo (e.g. radar)
基波
jībō
fundamental (wave)
奔波
bēnbō
to rush about
HSK 6
宁波
Níngbō
Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
小波
xiǎobō
wavelet (math.)
微波
wēibō
ripple
恬波
tiánbō
calm waters
曼波
mànbō
mambo (dance) (loanword)
横波
héngbō
transverse wave
检波
jiǎnbō
to detect (e.g. radio waves)
水波
shuǐbō
wave
波光
bōguāng
gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight
波动
bōdòng
to undulate

Alternate Entries

波
bō
wave / ripple / storm / surge

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
663
Word Frequency Rank
604 of 84,292