波濤

See also: 波涛

Chinese

		wave	large wave
trad. (波濤)		波	濤
simp. (波涛)		波	涛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōtāo, bōtáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄊㄠ, ㄅㄛ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ tou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pho-tô͘ / pho-tô / po-tô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōtāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄊㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: botao
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-tʻao¹
    • Yale: bwō-tāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: botau
    • Palladius: ботао (botao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōtáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: botáo
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-tʻao²
    • Yale: bwō-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: botaur
    • Palladius: ботао (botao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ tou⁴
    • Yale: bō tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: pho-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoi'doo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo³³ tɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho-tô
    • Tâi-lô: pho-tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoi'dooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ to²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² to¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² to²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po-tô
    • Tâi-lô: po-tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poi'dooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁴⁴⁻²² to²⁴/

Noun

波濤

1. great wave; billow

Synonyms

• 波浪 (bōlàng)
• 波瀾／波澜 (bōlán) (literary)
• 浪子 (nang⁴ zi³) (Sichuanese)
• 浪濤／浪涛 (làngtāo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
波	濤
は Grade: 3	とう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi	kan’on

Alternative spelling
波涛

Noun

波(は)濤(とう) • (hatō) 

1. great wave; billow

   千の刃濤、桃花染の皇姫

   A Thousand Billows, The Peach Blossom Princess