Chinese word

浪

Pronunciation

Pinyinlàng

Meaning

  • nounwave

Example

海上的浪很大。hǎi shàng de làng hěn dà

The waves at sea are very big.

Illustration for 浪 (wave)

More examples

暴风把海面掀起了巨大的浪。bào fēng bǎ hǎi miàn xiān qǐ le jù dà de làng

The storm whipped up huge waves on the sea.

Core concept

A visible pulse of water that swells outward and pushes forward as a rounded shape.

Common phrases

  • 海浪hǎi làng

    sea wave

  • 巨浪jù làng

    giant wave

  • 卷起浪juán qǐ làng

    whip up waves

Similar words

波bō: A rise and fall on the surface of water that forms a moving swell.
波浪bō làng: Waves that arise across the surface of seas, rivers, and other bodies of water.
海浪hǎi làng: A wave formed on the sea.
涛tāo: A large, high wave that rises above the water.

Definition in Chinese

水面上出现的涌起、拍击或延伸成形的波形，常指能看到的波浪现象。shuǐ miàn shàng chū xiàn de yóng qǐ pāi jī huò yán shēn chéng xíng de bō xíng cháng zhǐ néng kàn dào de bō làng xiàn xiàng

Word origin

浪 (làng, "wave") is a phono-semantic character whose 氵 (shuǐ, "water") component signals the meaning and whose 良 (liáng, "good") component indicates the pronunciation.

Usage tips

  • A sea scene can contain many 浪 (làng, "waves"), and Chinese usually leaves the noun unchanged for number, with context showing whether one or several are meant.

Other meanings

  • swellnoun
  • billownoun

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