波濤洶湧

See also: 波涛汹涌

Chinese

		great wave; billow	tempestuous; turbulent; to surge up violently
trad. (波濤洶湧)		波濤	洶湧
simp. (波涛汹涌)		波涛	汹涌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōtāoxiōngyǒng, bōtáoxiōngyǒng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨㄛㄊㄠㄒㄩㄥㄩㄥˇ, ㄅㄨㄛㄊㄠˊ ㄒㄩㄥㄩㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ tou⁴ hung¹ jung²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōtāoxiōngyǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨㄛㄊㄠㄒㄩㄥㄩㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: botaosyongyǒng
  - Wade–Giles: po¹-tʻao¹-hsiung¹-yung³
  - Yale: bwō-tāu-syūng-yǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: botaushiongyeong
  - Palladius: ботаосюнъюн (botaosjunʺjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōtáoxiōngyǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨㄛㄊㄠˊ ㄒㄩㄥㄩㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: botáosyongyǒng
  - Wade–Giles: po¹-tʻao²-hsiung¹-yung³
  - Yale: bwō-táu-syūng-yǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: botaurshiongyeong
  - Palladius: ботаосюнъюн (botaosjunʺjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bo¹ tou⁴ hung¹ jung²
  - Yale: bō tòuh hūng yúng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ tou⁴ hung¹ jung²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ tou⁴ hung¹ yung²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ³⁵/

Idiom

波濤洶湧

(of waves) turbulent
(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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