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[1] waves; billows; breakers [2] [physics] wave (e.g. brain ~, sound ~) [3] unexpected changes or turn of events [4] [粵] [loanword] ball [5] [粵] (motor) gear | [國] 檔 [6] [粵] (woman's) tits; breasts Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: 水 (#85)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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波浪 bo1 long6 = wave 踢波 tek3 bo1 = to play soccer; to skip work 粵 波子 bo1 zi2 = a marble; marbles; testicles 粵 煙波 jin1 bo1 = mist covered water 射波 se6 bo1 = be absent from work; skip a work day 粵 古井無波 gu2 zeng2 mou4 bo1 = loss of sexual desire 換波 wun6 bo1 = change gear 粵 乒乓波 bing1 bam1 bo1 = ping pong 粵 微波 mei4 bo1 = microwave 微波爐 mei4 bo1 lou4 = microwave oven See all 185 compounds (CantoDict reports 188 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 13 examples containing 波
我哋嚟搓波先 粵
Let's have a rally to warm up. [[In a game of tennis or ping-pong or whatever.] Lit. We come stroke ball first. 我哋嚟搓吓波先 is okay too, with the altered meaning of "let's rally *for a while* to warm up." Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/]
我同你冇仇噃,點解次次省波餅我食呢? 粵
I didn't do anything to piss you off. Why are you throwing/kicking/[whatever action is appropriate] the ball at my body every time? [Alternative translation: There's no grudge between us, why are you hitting me with the balls that you return?]
佢將我傳畀佢嘅波頭槌入龍門 粵
I passed the ball to him and he scored with a header [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]
琴晚佢飲到好醉,跟住鹹鹹濕濕噉搓我女朋友對波。 粵
Last night he got really drunk and then lecherously fondled my girlfriend's breasts. [Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]
似乎我幫唔到你,都係交個波畀人罷啦。 粵
Seems there's nothing I can do to help you so I'm just gonna have to pass the buck on to someone else. [Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]
踢咗兩場波﹐爛咗兩個波。 粵
We've got two soccer balls burst after two games. [兩場波 and 兩個波 are both patterned as 'numeral + measure + noun'. However, 場 is a verb measure that quantifies the verb 踢 whereas 個 is a noun measure (or classifier) that modifies the noun 波.]
呢啲山路係咁𪙛𠸉㗎喇,千祈要用低波行呀。 粵
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |