HSK 6 · Nature

波浪 bōlàng “wave” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 波浪 means

  1. wave

How to say 波浪

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale波bō1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale浪làng4th tone, falling

波浪 in a sentence

  1. 波浪拍打着海岸。

    Bōlàng pāida zhe hǎi'àn.

    The waves are crashing against the shore.

    Sentence #461512 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 波浪 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 波 (bō) with each of its parts in a different colour
波bōwave
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 皮skin · píSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 皮 (pí) hints at the sound. Compare it with bō.

The character 浪 (làng) with each of its parts in a different colour
浪làngwave
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 良good · liángSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 良 (liáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with làng.

How to write 波浪

波 8 strokes · 浪 10 strokes

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波浪 (bōlàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 波浪 (bōlàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 波浪

Words with 波

奔波bēnbō · to rush about波涛bōtāo · great waves

Words with 浪

浪费làngfèi · to waste浪漫làngmàn · romantic流浪liúlàng · to wander

More words: Nature & Environment

竹子zhúzi · bamboo斑bān · spot贝壳bèiké · shell冰雹bīngbáo · hail波涛bōtāo · great waves播种bōzhǒng · to sow seeds巢穴cháoxué · nest炊烟chuīyān · smoke from cooking fires

FAQs

波浪 (bōlàng) means “wave”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bōlàng: bō with a 1st tone, then làng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 波浪 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bolang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 波浪 from the suggestions. Typing bolang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
波浪 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.