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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

波 [bō]

1. noun [指水、声音、电] wave

短波

short wave

中波

medium wave

长波

long wave
2. noun [意外变化] unexpected turn of events

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

波 [bō]

1. noun wave

水波

wave; ripple
2. noun [Physics] wave

声波

sound wave; acoustic wave
3. noun an unexpected turn of events

风波

wind and waves; disturbance; storm
4. noun [Slang] women's breast

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

波 [bō]

1. 名起伏不平的水面

随波逐流

碧波荡漾

波浪。
2. 名比喻突然出现的变化

一波未平，一波又起

风波

波折。
3. 名比喻流转的目光

眼波

秋波。
4. 名物理学上指振动在介质中的传播过程，是能量传递的一种形式。包括机械波和电磁波。
5. 统读ｂō，不读ｐō。

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The coherence of two waves follows from how well correlated the waves are.: 两种波的相参性是由它们的相关程度推断出来的。

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氵 [shuǐ]	+	皮 [pí]

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Total Strokes: 8

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波浪, 波 and 浪潮

波浪, 波 and 浪潮
bōlàng, bō and làngcháo

They are all nouns, but they have different usages.

1. 波浪 refers to “the undulating surface of rivers, lakes and seas”.
(1) 起风了，河面上有了波浪。
(2) 尽管波浪很大，船还是出海了。
(3) 风停下来了，波浪也小多了。
In the examples above, 浪 can be used as well.

2. 浪 means the same as 波浪. It can be used metaphorically to describe similar things like 麦浪(billowing wheat), 声浪(sound waves), etc.
(1) 这里浪太大了，无法游泳。
(2) 海边有很多人在冲浪。
(3) 一望无际的麦田里麦浪起伏。
(4) 远处传来一阵阵嘈杂喧嚣的声浪。

In example (2), however 冲浪 is an idiomatic phrase; and in (3) and (4), 麦浪 and 声浪 are both used metaphorically, so 波浪 cannot be used.

3. 浪潮 is mostly used in an abstract sense or metaphorically to describe a social or cultural movement, etc.
(1) 中国改革的浪潮掀起于上个世纪八十年代。
(2) 演宫廷戏是现在影视界的新浪潮。

In the two examples above, neither 波浪 or 浪 can be used.

三个词都是名词，但具体用法有区别。 1.波浪指（江河、湖、海等）起伏的水面。
以上各句，也可以用“浪”。2. 浪意思同“波浪”，还可以比喻和水的波浪相似的事物，如“麦浪”、“声浪”等。
例（1）也可以用“波浪”，例（2）因“冲浪”是习惯搭配，例（3）（4）是比喻义，不用“波浪”。
3.浪潮多用于抽象和比喻意义，表示社会、文化运动等。
以上两句，不用“波浪”和“浪”。

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