Chinese word

海浪

Pronunciation

Pinyinhǎi làng

Meaning

  • nounwaves

Example

昨天晚上海浪一直很大。zuó tiān wǎn shàng hǎi làng yì zhí hěn dà

The waves were high all last night.

Illustration for 海浪 (waves)

More examples

台风过后，海浪异常猛烈，港口受到了影响。tái fēng guò hòu hǎi làng yì cháng měng liè gáng kǒu shòu dào le yíng xiǎng

After the typhoon, the waves were unusually strong, affecting the harbor.

Core concept

Repeated rises and falls moving across the sea surface, with each crest followed by a trough.

Common phrases

  • 猛烈的海浪měng liè de hǎi làng

    strong waves

  • 海浪翻涌hǎi làng fān yǒng

    surging waves

Similar words

波bō: A rise and fall that moves across a water surface in a repeating pattern of crests and troughs.
浪làng: A strong, high swell moving across the sea or another large body of water.

Definition in Chinese

海浪是海洋表面由风、潮汐等引起的有规律起伏，由波峰和波谷组成的波动。hǎi làng shì hǎi yáng biǎo miàn yóu fēng cháo xī děng yín qǐ de yǒu guī lǜ qǐ fú yóu bō fēng hé bō gǔ zǔ chéng de bō dòng

Word origin

海 (hǎi, "sea") + 浪 (làng, "wave") forms a compound that narrows the idea of a wave to the moving surface of the sea.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, size adjectives can describe overall sea conditions, so a size description need not measure the height of every individual wave.

Opposites

  • 静水jìng shuǐstill waternoun

Related words

  • 海浪声hǎi làng shēngsound of wavesnoun

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