波涛

波涛 bōtāo

Billows; great waves; surging waves^†

波涛 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體波濤 botao

What 波涛 means

Billows; great waves; surging waves^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 波涛, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

波涛 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

波

bō

Wave

涛

tāo

Big wave

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How to write 波涛

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波涛 in a sentence

船在波涛中艰难地前行。

Chuán zài bōtāo zhōng jiānnán de qiánxíng.

The ship pushed forward with difficulty through the billows.

他的心情像海上的波涛一样起伏不定。

Tā de xīnqíng xiàng hǎi shang de bōtāo yíyàng qǐfú bùdìng.

His mood rose and fell as unsteadily as waves at sea.

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Questions about 波涛

What does 波涛 mean in English?

波涛 is pronounced bōtāo and means Billows; great waves; surging waves †.

How do you pronounce 波涛?

波涛 is bōtāo in pinyin — written botao without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 波涛?

波涛 is written with 2 characters: 波 (bō) Wave, 涛 (tāo) Big wave. Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 波涛 written in traditional Chinese?

波濤. The simplified form 波涛 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 波濤 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced bōtāo.

Is 波涛 an HSK word?

Yes — 波涛 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

并非 bìngfēi 并列 bìngliè 拨 bō 波浪 bōlàng 剥削 bōxuē 播种 bōzhǒng 伯母 bómǔ 博大精深 bódàjīngshēn

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