波 浪 bō làng wave 飘 扬 piāo yáng to wave / to flutter / to fly 挥 huī to wave / to brandish / to command / to conduct / to scatter / to disperse 阵 zhèn disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration 挥 手 huī shǒu to wave (one's hand) 浪 潮 làng cháo wave / tides 招 手 zhāo shǒu to wave / to beckon 风 潮 fēng cháo tempest / wave (of popular sentiment etc) / craze or fad 舞 动 wǔ dòng to move as in a dance / to wave (some implement) / to flourish / (of eyes, hands etc) to dance / to flutter 飘 荡 piāo dàng to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind 水 波 shuǐ bō wave / (water) ripple 海 波 hǎi bō hypo (loanword) / sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite) / wave (sea) 浪 头 làng tou wave 舞 弄 wǔ nòng to wave / to brandish 波 bō wave / ripple / storm / surge 浪 làng wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated / to stroll / to ramble 抡 lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money) 波 动 bō dòng to undulate / to fluctuate / wave motion / rise and fall 挥 舞 huī wǔ to brandish / to wave sth 摆 手 bǎi shǒu to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms 挥 动 huī dòng to wave sth / to brandish 海 浪 hǎi làng sea wave 冲 击 波 chōng jī bō shock wave / blast wave 定 型 dìng xíng to finalize (a design etc) / stereotype / permanent wave or perm (hairdressing) 波 段 bō duàn wave band 韩 流 hán liú the spread of Korean cultural products (TV dramas, pop music etc) to other countries / Korean Wave 波 形 bō xíng wave form 热 浪 rè làng heat wave 电 磁 波 diàn cí bō electromagnetic wave 电 波 diàn bō electric wave / alternating current 推 波 助 澜 tuī bō zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom) / to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire 声 波 shēng bō sound wave 摇 手 yáo shǒu to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture) / crank handle 光 波 guāng bō light wave 超 音 波 chāo yīn bō ultrasound / ultrasonic wave 载 波 zài bō carrier wave 浪 涛 làng tāo ocean wave / billows 前 仆 后 继 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave 前 赴 后 继 qián fù hòu jì to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom) 摇 旗 呐 喊 yáo qí nà hǎn to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom) / to egg sb on / to give support to 脑 波 nǎo bō brain wave / EEG 音 波 yīn bō sound wave 波 峰 bō fēng wave crest 正 弦 波 zhèng xián bō sine wave / simple harmonic vibration 寒 潮 hán cháo cold wave / CL:股[gu3] 无 线 电 波 wú xiàn diàn bō radio waves / wireless electric wave 中 波 Zhōng Bō medium wave (radio frequency range) 回 波 huí bō echo (e.g. radar) / returning wave 交 变 jiāo biàn half-period of a wave motion / alternation 震 波 zhèn bō seismic wave 少 壮 派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave 横 波 héng bō transverse wave 射 电 shè diàn radio wave (astronomy) 恶 浪 è làng violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force 联 翩 lián piān (literary) to come in quick succession / wave after wave 毫 米 波 háo mǐ bō millimeter wave (radio signal) 驻 波 zhù bō standing wave 超 短 波 chāo duǎn bō ultra short wave (radio) / UHF 次 声 波 cì shēng bō infrasonic wave 波 速 bō sù wave velocity 激 波 jī bō shock wave 纵 波 zòng bō longitudinal wave 涛 tāo big wave / Taiwan pr. [tao2] 颺 yáng soar / tossed by wind or wave 掉 书 袋 diào shū dài lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom) / fig. to show off one's erudition / a person who does so 拉 大 旗 作 虎 皮 lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom) / fig. to borrow sb's prestige / to take the name of a great cause as a shield 地 震 波 dì zhèn bō seismic wave 瑞 利 波 ruì lì bō Rayleigh wave / R wave 摽 biāo (literary) to wave away / to discard 辐 射 波 fú shè bō radiation (wave) / radiated wave 撝 huī wave, brandish / modest, humble 一 波 未 平 , 一 波 又 起 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom) / a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another 偏 振 波 piān zhèn bō polarized wave 力 学 波 lì xué bō mechanical wave 密 度 波 mì dù bō density wave 平 面 波 píng miàn bō a plane wave 引 力 波 yǐn lì bō gravitational wave 拿 着 鸡 毛 当 令 箭 ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom) / to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext 波 函 数 bō hán shù wave function (in quantum mechanics) 波 动 力 学 bō dòng lì xué wave mechanics (physics) 波 数 bō shù wave number (reciprocal of frequency) 波 方 程 bō fāng chéng wave equation (math. physics) 波 面 bō miàn wave front 浪 蚀 làng shí wave erosion 灪 yù (obscure) variant of 鬱|郁[yu4] / rich / great wave 热 捧 rè pěng a craze / a popular wave / a hit with the public 简 谐 波 jiǎn xié bō simple harmonic wave / sine wave 线 性 波 xiàn xìng bō linear wave 绕 射 rào shè interference (of wave motion in physics) 薛 定 谔 方 程 Xuē dìng è fāng chéng Schrödinger's wave equation 行 波 管 xíng bō guǎn traveling wave tube (electronics) 调 制 波 tiáo zhì bō modulated wave (elec.) 载 频 zài pín frequency of carrier wave 震 动 力 zhèn dòng lì force of seismic wave 高 温 热 流 gāo wēn rè liú a heat wave 鲸 波 jīng bō huge wave or breaker 冲 击 波 发 生 器 shock wave generator 球 形 冲 击 波 spherical shock wave / spherical implosion wave / convergent shock wave 波 潮 理 论 bō cháo lǐ lùn wave and tide theory 次 波 - 初 波 , 横 波 - 纵 波 S wave - P wave / S-P