DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

波狀消光

简波状消光 · 繁波狀消光

Mandarin · pinyin bō zhuàng xiāo guāng

(geology) undulose extinction

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

波: bō · waves, breakers; undulations
狀: Look up this written character
消: xiāo · vanish, die out; melt away
光: guāng · light, brilliant, shine; only
状: zhuàng · form; appearance; shape; official

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–4–1–1 · bo1 zhuang4 xiao1 guang1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

波狀消光 · find source passages ↗ · 波状消光 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗