波 (bo1 | bo1) : waves; unexpected changes; ball; gear

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波

bo1

bo1

[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.

波

This word has been viewed 23981 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Feb 2014 01:27

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波浪 bo1 long6 bo1 lang4 = wave

踢波 tek3 bo1 ti1 bo1 = to play soccer; to skip work 粵

波子 bo1 zi2 = a marble; marbles; testicles 粵

煙波 jin1 bo1 yan1 bo1 = mist covered water

射波 se6 bo1 she4 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 ping1 pang1 bo1 = ping pong 粵

微波 mei4 bo1 wei1 bo1 = microwave

微波爐 mei4 bo1 lou4 wei1 bo1 lu2 = microwave oven
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你識唔識踢波呀？粵
Do you know how to play soccer?

不如一齊去踢波。粵
Let's go and play football.

有個波蘭朋友嚟咗探我。粵
A Polish friend has come to visit me.

波斯語好易學！國
Farsi is very easy to learn!

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.]

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