海浪 hǎi làng sea wave 挥手 揮手 huī shǒu to wave (one's hand) syn 挥舞 揮舞 huī wǔ to brandish / to wave sth syn 波动 波動 bō dòng to undulate / to fluctuate / wave motion / rise and fall syn 掀起 xiān qǐ to lift / to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge / to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger / set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc) syn 浪潮 làng cháo wave / tides syn 波浪 bō làng wave syn 招手 zhāo shǒu to wave / to beckon syn 声波 聲波 shēng bō sound wave 冲击波 衝擊波 chōng jī bō shock wave / blast wave syn 热浪 熱浪 rè làng heat wave syn 挥动 揮動 huī dòng to wave sth / to brandish syn 热潮 熱潮 rè cháo wave of enthusiasm / craze / upsurge syn 定型 dìng xíng to finalize (a design etc) / stereotype / permanent wave or perm (hairdressing) syn 浪头 浪頭 làng tou wave syn 电波 電波 diàn bō electric wave / alternating current syn 风潮 風潮 fēng cháo tempest / wave (of popular sentiment etc) / craze or fad syn 电磁波 電磁波 diàn cí bō electromagnetic wave syn 飘荡 飄盪 piāo dàng to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind syn 波段 bō duàn wave band 飘扬 飄揚 piāo yáng to wave / to flutter / to fly syn 蠕动 蠕動 rú dòng to wiggle / to squirm / peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) syn 无线电波 無線電波 wú xiàn diàn bō radio wave syn 光波 guāng bō light wave 推波助澜 推波助瀾 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 syn 行云流水 行雲流水 xíng yún liú shuǐ lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced syn 音波 yīn bō sound wave syn 波形 bō xíng wave form syn 浪涛 浪濤 làng tāo ocean wave / billows syn 前仆后继 前仆後繼 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave syn 摇旗呐喊 搖旗吶喊 yáo qí nà hǎn to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom) / to egg sb on / to give support to syn 水波 shuǐ bō wave / (water) ripple 谐波 諧波 xié bō harmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental) 载波 載波 zài bō carrier wave 前赴后继 前赴後繼 qián fù hòu jì to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom) syn 摆手 擺手 bǎi shǒu to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms syn 摇手 搖手 yáo shǒu to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture) / crank handle syn 射电 射電 shè diàn radio wave (astronomy) 波峰 bō fēng wave crest 震波 zhèn bō seismic wave 少壮派 少壯派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave 回波 huí bō echo (e.g. radar) / returning wave 舞动 舞動 wǔ dòng to move as in a dance / to wave (some implement) / to flourish / (of eyes, hands etc) to dance / to flutter syn 韩流 韓流 hán liú Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s) 走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave) 超音波 chāo yīn bō ultrasound / ultrasonic wave 海波 hǎi bō hypo (loanword) / sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite) / wave (sea) 脑波 腦波 nǎo bō brain wave / EEG 肠蠕动 腸蠕動 cháng rú dòng peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) 正弦波 zhèng xián bō sine wave / simple harmonic vibration 寒潮 hán cháo cold wave / CL:股[gu3] syn 中波 zhōng bō medium wave (radio frequency range) 交变 交變 jiāo biàn half-period of a wave motion / alternation 横波 橫波 héng bō transverse wave 波状 波狀 bō zhuàng wave-shaped 波 bō wave / ripple / storm / surge syn 挥 揮 huī to wave / to brandish / to command / to conduct / to scatter / to disperse syn 浪 làng wave / breaker / unrestrained / dissipated / to stroll / to ramble syn 阵 陣 zhèn disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration syn 涛 濤 tāo big wave / Taiwan pr. [tao2] syn 抡 掄 lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money) syn 超短波 chāo duǎn bō ultra short wave (radio) / UHF 舞弄 wǔ nòng to wave / to brandish syn 毫米波 háo mǐ bō millimeter wave (radio signal) 恶浪 惡浪 è làng violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force 联翩 聯翩 lián piān (literary) to come in quick succession / wave after wave 驻波 駐波 zhù bō standing wave 次声波 次聲波 cì shēng bō infrasonic wave 波速 bō sù wave velocity 激波 jī bō shock wave 纵波 縱波 zòng bō longitudinal wave syn 谐振动 諧振動 xié zhèn dòng harmonic oscillation (e.g. sound wave) 当然 當然 dāng rán only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt syn 自然 zì rán nature / natural / naturally syn 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 天生 tiān shēng nature / disposition / innate / natural syn 资源 資源 zī yuán natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism) syn 本性 běn xìng natural instincts / nature / inherent quality syn 天分 tiān fèn natural gift / talent syn 大自然 dà zì rán nature (the natural world) syn 天然 tiān rán natural syn 大方 dà fang generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed syn 本色 běn shǎi natural color syn 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother / birth mother syn 天然气 天然氣 tiān rán qì natural gas 自然界 zì rán jiè nature / the natural world syn 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 无法无天 無法無天 wú fǎ wú tiān regardless of the law and of natural morality (idiom) / maverick / undisciplined and out of control syn 出产 出產 chū chǎn to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc) / to yield / to turn out / produce / products syn 自然灾害 自然災害 zì rán zāi hài natural disaster syn 资质 資質 zī zhì aptitude / natural endowments syn 先天 xiān tiān embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4tian1]) / inborn / innate / natural syn 自然科学 自然科學 zì rán kē xué natural sciences 生性 shēng xìng natural disposition syn 天敌 天敵 tiān dí predator / natural enemy 燃气 燃氣 rán qì fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc) 自然资源 自然資源 zì rán zī yuán natural resource 受灾 受災 shòu zāi disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity syn 