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Definitions

  1. 1. Poland
  2. 2. Polish
  3. 3. wave
  4. 4. ripple
  5. 5. storm
  6. 6. surge

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Words Containing 波

宁波
níng bō

Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang

仁波切
rén bō qiè

Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific)

毫米波
háo mǐ bō

millimeter wave (radio signal)

印第安纳波利斯
yìn dì ān nà bō lì sī

Indianapolis, Indiana

波莱罗
bō lái luó

bolero (dance) (loanword)

眼波
yǎn bō

fluid glance

古波
gǔ bō

Gubo (a personal name)

随波逐流
suí bō zhú liú

to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly

简谐波
jiǎn xié bō

simple harmonic wave

波斯普鲁斯
bō sī pǔ lǔ sī

Bosphorus

荔波
lì bō

Libo county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[qián nán zhōu], Guizhou

光波长
guāng bō cháng

optical wavelength

波浪
bō làng

wave

波霸奶茶
bō bà nǎi chá

Boba milk tea

可可波罗
kě kě bō luó

cocobolo (loanword)

凌波舞
líng bō wǔ

limbo (dance) (loanword)

劫波
jié bō

kalpa (loanword) (Hinduism)

波光
bō guāng

gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight

鲸波
jīng bō

huge wave or breaker

波斯猫
bō sī māo

Persian (cat)

波卡
bō kǎ

burqa (loanword)

水波炉
shuǐ bō lú

superheated steam oven

声波
shēng bō

sound wave

滤波器
lǜ bō qì

filter

波谱
bō pǔ

spectrum

风波不断
fēng bō bù duàn

constantly in turmoil

拿破仑·波拿巴
ná pò lún · bō ná bā

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815

波尔多液
bō ěr duō yè

Bordeaux mixture

微波
wēi bō

ripple

阿波罗计划
ā bō luó jì huà

the Apollo project (1961-1975), the NASA moon landing project

希波克拉底
xī bō kè lā dǐ

Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine

波状云
bō zhuàng yún

undulatus

波托马克河
bō tuō mǎ kè hé

Potomac River

奥波莱
ào bō lái

Opole, city in Poland

一波三折
yī bō sān zhé

calligraphic flourish with many twists

秋波
qiū bō

autumn ripples

波涛
bō tāo

great waves

平地起风波
píng dì qǐ fēng bō

trouble appearing from nowhere

震波
zhèn bō

seismic wave

波罗的海
bō luó dì hǎi

Baltic Sea

波兰
bō lán

Poland

筑波
zhù bō

Tsukuba, university city in Ibaraki prefecture 茨城縣|茨城县[cí chéng xiàn], northeast of Tokyo, Japan

长波
cháng bō

longwave (radio)

梯度回波
tī dù huí bō

gradient echo

雷波县
léi bō xiàn

Leibo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

波音
bō yīn

Boeing (aerospace company)

波斯湾
bō sī wān

Persian Gulf

宁波地区
níng bō dì qū

Ningbo prefecture, Zhejiang

波方程
bō fāng chéng

wave equation (math. physics)

偏振波
piān zhèn bō

polarized wave

宦海风波
huàn hǎi fēng bō

lit. raging sea of bureaucracy

金融风波
jīn róng fēng bō

financial crisis

波哥大
bō gē dà

Bogota, capital of Colombia

波来古
bō lái gǔ

Pleiku, Vietnam

恬波
tián bō

calm waters

卡波西氏肉瘤
kǎ bō xī shì ròu liú

Kaposi's sarcoma

电磁波
diàn cí bō

electromagnetic wave

图波列夫
tú bō liè fū

Tupolev, Russian plane maker

波兰语
bō lán yǔ

Polish (language)

波拿巴
bō ná bā

Bonaparte (name)

卡波耶拉
kǎ bō yē lā

capoeira (loanword)

王小波
wáng xiǎo bō

Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist

波涛汹涌
bō tāo xiōng yǒng

waves surging forth

格尔夫波特
gé ěr fū bō tè

Gulf Port (Florida or Mississippi)

短波
duǎn bō

shortwave (radio)

震波图
zhèn bō tú

seismogram

薄一波
bó yī bō

Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping

示波器
shì bō qì

oscillograph

推波助澜
tuī bō zhù lán

to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum

冈仁波齐峰
gāng rén bō qí fēng

Mount Gang Rinpoche or Mount Kailash (6,638 m) in Tibet

哈利·波特
hā lì · bō tè

Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳|罗琳

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那
bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà

Bosnia and Herzegovina

波斯语
bō sī yǔ

Persian (language)

波速
bō sù

wave velocity

波幅
bō fú

amplitude

波塞冬
bō sāi dōng

Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology

波比跳
bō bǐ tiào

burpee (loanword)

莎拉波娃
shā lā bō wá

Sharapova (Russian female tennis star)

谐波
xié bō

harmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental)

波比
bō bǐ

burpee (loanword)

余波
yú bō

aftermath

波推
bō tuī

see 胸推[xiōng tuī]

波士顿
bō shì dùn

Boston, capital of Massachusetts

伊波拉
yī bō lā

Ebola (virus)

激波
jī bō

shock wave

波语
bō yǔ

Polish language

波什格伦
bō shén gé lún

Porsgrunn (city in Telemark, Norway)

波斯普鲁斯海峡
bō sī pǔ lǔ sī hǎi xiá

the Bosphorus (strait)

阿波罗
ā bō luó

Apollo (loanword)

波面
bō miàn

wave front

辐射波
fú shè bō

radiation (wave)

雅拉香波神山
yǎ lā xiāng bō shén shān

Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[dào fú xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

总谐波失真
zǒng xié bō shī zhēn

(acoustics) total harmonic distortion (THD)

南波万
nán bō wàn

(Internet slang) number one (loanword)

冲击波
chōng jī bō

shock wave

奔波
bēn bō

to rush about

波澜壮阔
bō lán zhuàng kuò

surging forward with great momentum

曼波鱼
màn bō yú

ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

加里波第
jiā lǐ bō dì

Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician

超音波
chāo yīn bō

ultrasound

波涛粼粼
bō tāo lín lín

crystalline waves (idiom)

正弦波
zhèng xián bō

sine wave

波特
bō tè

(loanword) baud (computing)

波斑鸨
bō bān bǎo

(bird species of China) MacQueen's bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)

波函数
bō hán shù

wave function (in quantum mechanics)

波浪号
bō làng hào

tilde ( ~ )

波峰
bō fēng

wave crest

次声波
cì shēng bō

infrasonic wave

波提乏
bō tí fá

Potiphar, the captain of the pharaoh's guard (in the account of Joseph in the Book of Genesis)

雷波
léi bō

Leibo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

波束
bō shù

beam

波动力学
bō dòng lì xué

wave mechanics (physics)

轩然大波
xuān rán dà bō

huge waves

波森莓
bō sēn méi

boysenberry (hybrid of raspberry and blackberry)

刘晓波
liú xiǎo bō

Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[líng bā xiàn zhāng], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010

波纹
bō wén

ripple

波鸿
bō hóng

Bochum (city in Germany)

波斯尼亚
bō sī ní yà

Bosnia

波折
bō zhé

twists and turns

波美度
bō měi dù

Baume degrees

波美比重计
bō měi bǐ zhòng jì

Baume hydrometer

般若波罗密多心经
bō rě bō luó mì duō xīn jīng

the Heart Sutra

烟波
yān bō

mist covered water

波隆那
bō lōng nà

Bologna, city in Northern Italy

波斯
bō sī

Persia

波恩大学
bō ēn dà xué

University of Bonn

波澜老成
bō lán lǎo chéng

splendid and powerful (of story)

马拉开波
mǎ lā kāi bō

Maracaibo, Venezuela

波美拉尼亚
bō měi lā ní yà

Pomerania, a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea

平面波
píng miàn bō

a plane wave

超声波检查
chāo shēng bō jiǎn chá

echography

香波
xiāng bō

shampoo (loanword)

波荡
bō dàng

heave

波希米亚
bō xī mǐ yà

Bohemia, historical country of central Europe

波长
bō cháng

wavelength

基波
jī bō

fundamental (wave)

波动
bō dòng

to undulate

波波头
bō bō tóu

bob (hairstyle)

小波
xiǎo bō

wavelet (math.)

考波什堡
kǎo bō shí bǎo

Kaposvár in southwest Hungary (German: Ruppertsburg), capital of Somogy county 紹莫吉州|绍莫吉州

风波
fēng bō

disturbance

波茨坦会议
bō cí tǎn huì yì

Potsdam conference, July-August 1945, between Truman, Stalin and British prime ministers Churchill and Attlee

波密县
bō mì xiàn

Bomi county, Tibetan: Spo mes rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet

波斯教
bō sī jiào

Zoroastrianism

送秋波
sòng qiū bō

to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)

力学波
lì xué bō

mechanical wave

醋海生波
cù hǎi shēng bō

lit. waves on a sea of vinegar

波特兰市
bō tè lán shì

Portland (city)

地震波
dì zhèn bō

seismic wave

脉冲波
mài chōng bō

see 脈衝|脉冲[mài chōng]

波霸
bō bà

(slang) (loanword) big boobs

波尔卡
bō ěr kǎ

polka (dance) (loanword)

波动性
bō dòng xìng

fluctuation

波特酒
bō tè jiǔ

Port wine

波德戈里察
bō dé gē lǐ chá

Podgorica, capital of Montenegro

周波
zhōu bō

cycle (physics)

密度波
mì dù bō

density wave

随波逊流
suí bō xùn liú

to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly

波河
bō hé

Po River, longest river in Italy

载波
zài bō

carrier wave

波茨坦
bō cí tǎn

Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany

波弗特海
bō fú tè hǎi

Beaufort Sea (off Alaska, Yukon and Northwest Territory)

基谐波
jī xié bō

fundamental frequency

苏珊·波伊尔
sū shān · bō yī ěr

Susan Boyle (1961-), competitor in UK reality TV competition

波带片
bō dài piān

zone plate

孤立子波
gū lì zǐ bō

instanton (math.)

海波
hǎi bō

hypo (loanword)

荔波县
lì bō xiàn

Libo county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[qián nán zhōu], Guizhou

波粒二象性
bō lì èr xiàng xìng

wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics

勒斯波斯岛
lè sī bō sī dǎo

Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean)

马可波罗
mǎ kě bō luó

Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)

驻波
zhù bō

standing wave

脑电波
nǎo diàn bō

see 腦波|脑波[nǎo bō]

波茨坦公告
bō cí tǎn gōng gào

Potsdam Declaration

波季
bō jì

Poti, strategic seaport in Abkhazia, Republic of Georgia

安纳波利斯
ān nà bō lì sī

Annapolis (place name)

波士顿大学
bō shì dùn dà xué

Boston University

电波
diàn bō

electric wave

般若波罗密
bō rě bō luó mì

prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)

勒斯波斯
lè sī bō sī

Lesbos (Greek island in Aegean)

一波未平,一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ

many twists and turns to a story

波谷
bō gǔ

trough

雅拉香波雪山
yǎ lā xiāng bō xuě shān

Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[dào fú xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan

波旁
bō páng

Bourbon

声波定位
shēng bō dìng wèi

sonic location system (esp. underwater sonar); acoustic positioning

波阿斯
bō ā sī

Boaz (son of Salmon and Rahab)

波兰斯基
bō lán sī jī

Polanski (name)

波德申
bō dé shēn

Port Dickson (holiday destination in Malaysia)

大波斯菊
dà bō sī jú

cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus), flowering herbaceous plant

波澜
bō lán

billows

外交风波
wài jiāo fēng bō

diplomatic crisis

水波
shuǐ bō

wave

检波
jiǎn bō

to detect (e.g. radio waves)

波导
bō dǎo

waveguide (electronics)

波阳
bō yáng

Boyang county, former name of Poyang county 鄱陽縣|鄱阳县[pó yáng xiàn] in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[shàng ráo], Jiangxi

塞瓦斯托波尔
sāi wǎ sī tuō bō ěr
波罗蜜
bō luó mì

breadfruit

明尼阿波利斯
míng ní ā bō lì sī

Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota

波罗的
bō luó dì

Baltic

旺波日山
wàng bō rì shān

Mt Wangbur, Dagzê county 達孜縣|达孜县[dá zī xiàn], Lhasa, Tibet

纵波
zòng bō

longitudinal wave

音波
yīn bō

sound wave

波洛涅斯
bō luò niè sī

Polonius (name)

波尔多
bō ěr duō

Bordeaux

波及
bō jí

to spread to

微波炉
wēi bō lú

microwave oven

光波
guāng bō

light wave

周立波
zhōu lì bō

Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist

调制波
tiáo zhì bō

modulated wave (elec.)

超声波
chāo shēng bō

ultrasound (scan)

波阿次
bō ā cì

Boaz (name)

横波
héng bō

transverse wave

岗仁波齐
gǎng rén bō qí

Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet

波兹曼
bō zī màn

Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher

波尔布特
bō ěr bù tè

Pol Pot (1925-1998), Cambodian communist leader

波密
bō mì

Bomi county, Tibetan: Spo mes rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet

随波
suí bō

to drift with the waves

瑞波币
ruì bō bì

Ripple (digital currency)

波数
bō shù

wave number (reciprocal of frequency)

波利尼西亚
bō lì ní xī yà

Polynesia

回波
huí bō

echo (e.g. radar)

削波
xuē bō

clipping (signal processing)

波兹坦
bō zī tǎn

Potsdam, Germany

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那共和国
bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà gòng hé guó

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那[bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà]

波澜起伏
bō lán qǐ fú

one climax follows another (of thrilling story)

法属波利尼西亚
fǎ shǔ bō lì ní xī yà

French Polynesia

宁波市
níng bō shì

Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang

分波多工
fēn bō duō gōng

wavelength division multiplexing

引力波
yǐn lì bō

gravitational wave

波霎
bō shà

(astronomy) pulsar

波兹南
bō zī nán

Poznan (city in Poland)

波比运动
bō bǐ yùn dòng

burpee (loanword)

波斯尼亚语
bō sī ní yà yǔ

Bosnian (language)

波江座
bō jiāng zuò

Eridanus (constellation)

冈仁波齐
gāng rén bō qí

Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet

中波
zhōng bō

Chinese-Polish

波义耳
bō yì ěr

Boyle (name)

波普艺术
bō pǔ yì shù

pop art (loanword)

波形
bō xíng

wave form

波多马克河
bō duō mǎ kè hé

see 波托馬克河|波托马克河[bō tuō mǎ kè hé]

波士顿红袜
bō shì dùn hóng wà

Boston Red Sox (baseball) team

的黎波里
dì lí bō lǐ

Tripoli, capital of Libya

无线电波
wú xiàn diàn bō

radio waves

波状热
bō zhuàng rè

undulant fever

波特率
bō tè lǜ

baud

脑波
nǎo bō

brain wave

滤波
lǜ bō

filtering radio waves (i.e. to pick out one frequency)

防波堤
fáng bō dī

breakwater

波拉波拉岛
bō lā bō lā dǎo

Bora Bora, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia

斐波那契
fěi bō nà qì

Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170-1250), Italian mathematician

行波管
xíng bō guǎn

traveling wave tube (electronics)

线性波
xiàn xìng bō

linear wave

波西米亚
bō xī mǐ yà

Bohemia, historical country of central Europe

波段
bō duàn

wave band

曼波
màn bō

mambo (dance) (loanword)

暗送秋波
àn sòng qiū bō

to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)

力波
lì bō

Reeb, a beer brand

波德
bō dé

Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), German astronomer

超短波
chāo duǎn bō

ultra short wave (radio)

微波天线
wēi bō tiān xiàn

microwave antenna

波阳县
bō yáng xiàn

Boyang county, former name of Poyang county 鄱陽縣|鄱阳县[pó yáng xiàn] in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[shàng ráo], Jiangxi

波多黎各
bō duō lí gè

Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States

波状
bō zhuàng

wave-shaped

噶拉·多杰·仁波切
gá lā · duō jié · rén bō qiè

Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders

短波长
duǎn bō cháng

short wavelength