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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōtāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛㄊㄠ
  - 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: ㄅㄛㄊㄠˊ
  - 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

great wave; billow

Synonyms

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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 Hyōgai
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
波涛

Noun

波(は)濤(とう) • (hatō)

great wave; billow
千の刃濤、桃花染の皇姫
A Thousand Billows, The Peach Blossom Princess