洪波

Chinese

		flood	wave; (Cantonese) ball
simp. and trad. (洪波)		洪	波

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngbō

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngbō
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngbo
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-po¹
    • Yale: húng-bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngbo
    • Palladius: хунбо (xunbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: huwng pa

Rime
Character	洪	波
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	戸公切	博禾切
Baxter	huwng	pa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuŋ/	/puɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuŋ/	/puɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuŋ/	/puɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwŋ/	/pwa/
Li Rong	/ɣuŋ/	/puɑ/
Wang Li	/ɣuŋ/	/puɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuŋ/	/puɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóng	bō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung4	bo1

Noun

洪波

1. (literary) turbulent wave

   • 秋風蕭瑟，洪波湧起。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秋风萧瑟，洪波涌起。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 曹操 (Cao Cao), 觀滄海

     Qiūfēng xiāosè, hóngbō yǒng qǐ. [Pinyin]

     The autumn wind soughs, great waves surge up.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洪	波
こう Grade: S	は Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーは [kóꜜòhà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːha̠]

Noun

洪(こう)波(は) • (kōha) 

1. turbulent wave; great wave

Synonyms

• 大波(おおなみ) (ōnami)