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波濤洶湧

简波涛汹涌 · 繁波濤洶湧

Cantonese · source Jyutpingbo1 tou4 hung1 jung2

stormy waves [written and colloquial]; large breasts [colloquial]

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

bo11 · high leveltou44 · low fallinghung11 · high leveljung22 · high rising

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Same syllable, six tones

bo波bo1wavebo2—簸bo3to winnowbo4—bo5—bo6—

tou叨tou1to get the benefit of 土tou2earth 套tou3cover 图tou4diagram 肚tou5bellytou6—

hung空hung1empty 孔hung2hole 控hung3to control 红hung4redhung5—讧hung6strife

jung雍jung1harmony 冗jung2extraneousjung3—容jung4to hold 勇jung5brave 用jung6to use

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

波濤洶湧涛汹涌

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

波濤洶湧 bō tāo xiōng yǒng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinwaves surging forth; roaring sea

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: bo1tao1 xiong1yong3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bo1 tou4 hung1 jung2

Cantonese word readings for 波濤洶湧. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

(of waves) turbulent
(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)

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