波
bō HSK6

waves

波 bō
(bound form) Poland proper nounnoun
(bound form) short for 波兰 bō​lán
wave (physics) noun
(physics) the transmission of vibration through a medium, such as sound or electromagnetic waves

声音实际上是一种波。

shēng​yīn shí​jì​shang shì yī​zhǒng bō.

Sound is actually a wave.

wave (water) nounverb
a wave or ripple on the surface of water
[classifier] measure word
classifier for successive waves of things, such as people, events, or attacks

下一波太空探索会把我们带到哪里？

xià yī bō tài​kōng​tàn​suǒ huì bǎ wǒ​men dài dào nǎ​li?

Where will the next wave of space exploration take us?

[unexpected change]
an unexpected turn of events or a sudden complication
gleam
(bound form) the gleam or sparkle of a person's eyes, often compared to flowing water
(bound form) [calligraphy stroke]
(bound form) the right-falling stroke in Chinese calligraphy, also known as 捺 nà
[particle]
(archaic) used as a sentence-final particle in Yuan Dynasty drama, similar to the modern 吧 ba
surname
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
664th most common 304.2 per million
Movie subtitles
801st most common 156.7 per million appears in 35% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
36.1 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
76.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+6CE2

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)