波濤洶湧

See also: 波涛汹涌

Chinese

		great wave; billow	tempestuous; turbulent; to surge up violently
trad. (波濤洶湧)		波濤	洶湧
simp. (波涛汹涌)		波涛	汹涌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bōtāoxiōngyǒng, bōtáoxiōngyǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄊㄠ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄩㄥˇ, ㄅㄛ ㄊㄠˊ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ tou⁴ hung¹ jung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōtāoxiōngyǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄊㄠ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: botaosyongyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-tʻao¹-hsiung¹-yung³
    • Yale: bwō-tāu-syūng-yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: botaushiongyeong
    • Palladius: ботаосюнъюн (botaosjunʺjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōtáoxiōngyǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄊㄠˊ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: botáosyongyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-tʻao²-hsiung¹-yung³
    • Yale: bwō-táu-syūng-yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: botaurshiongyeong
    • Palladius: ботаосюнъюн (botaosjunʺjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ tou⁴ hung¹ jung²
    • Yale: bō tòuh hūng yúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ tou⁴ hung¹ jung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ tou⁴ hung¹ yung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ³⁵/

Idiom

波濤洶湧

1. (of waves) turbulent
2. (neologism, informal, of a woman) having huge breasts (in this sense, 洶／汹 (xiōng) is a pun for 胸 (xiōng, “breast”), and 波 (bō) also refers to breasts)