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 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 怒潮 nù cháo (tidal) bore / raging tide 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 钱塘潮 錢塘潮 qián táng cháo tidal bore of Qiantang river 谐振动 諧振動 xié zhèn dòng harmonic oscillation (e.g. sound wave) 地震波 dì zhèn bō seismic wave 瑞利波 ruì lì bō Rayleigh wave / R wave 颺 yáng soar / tossed by wind or wave 掉书袋 掉書袋 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 勒夫波 Love wave / Querwellen wave / Q wave: LQ wave L波 L bō Love wave / Querwellen wave / Q wave: LQ wave Q波 Q bō Love wave / Querwellen wave / Q wave: LQ wave 潮汐发电站 tidal power station / tidal power plant 潮汐能 cháo xī néng tidal power / tidal energy 球形冲击波 spherical shock wave / spherical implosion wave / convergent shock wave 剪切波 shear wave / secondary wave / S wave 次级波 次級波 cì jí bō shear wave / secondary wave / S wave S波 S bō shear wave / secondary wave / S wave 续至波 續至波 xù zhì bō shear wave / secondary wave / S wave 压缩波 壓縮波 compressional wave / primary wave / P-wave P波 P bō compressional wave / primary wave / P-wave 辐射波 輻射波 fú shè bō radiation (wave) / radiated wave 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 简谐波 簡諧波 jiǎn xié bō simple harmonic wave / sine wave 次波－初波，横波－纵波 次波－初波，橫波－縱波 S wave - P wave / S-P 平面冲击波 平面沖擊波 planar shock wave / plane shock wave R-波 R-bo1 Rayleigh wave / R wave 面波 miàn bō surface wave / L wave 