波

bō

(bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2])

surname Bo; wave; ripple; storm; surge

water (氵) + skin (皮) = waves on the water's surface

The water radical carries the meaning — waves and ripples are water in motion. 皮 mainly contributes the sound bō.

氵+皮→波
氵WaterSemantic
皮SkinPhonetic

风吹过来,湖面上出现了一圈圈的波纹。

fēng chuī guò lái , hú miàn shàng chū xiàn le yī quān quān de bō wén 。

The wind blew over and rings of ripples appeared on the lake's surface.

这场大雨引起了一波又一波的洪水。

zhè chǎng dà yǔ yǐn qǐ le yī bō yòu yī bō de hóng shuǐ 。

This heavy rain brought on surge after surge of floodwater.

Words with 波

光波

guāng bō

light wave

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[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010

脑波

nǎo bō

brain wave

波兰语

bō lán yǔ

Polish (language)

波恩

bō ēn

Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990

波段

bō duàn

wave band

短波

duǎn bō

shortwave (radio)

波茨坦

bō cí tǎn

Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany

超声波

chāo shēng bō

ultrasound (scan)

荔波县

lì bō xiàn

Libo, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou

随波逐流

suí bō zhú liú

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

波斯猫

bō sī māo

Persian (cat)

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