Usage of the character 濤
tāo
涛
[濤]
- big wave
- Taiwan pr. (táo)
bōtāo
波涛
[波濤]
- great waves
- billows
jīngtāo
惊涛
[驚濤]
- raging waves
- stormy waves
làngtāo
浪涛
[浪濤]
- ocean wave
- billows
shìtāo
世涛
[世濤]
- stout (beer) (loanword)
Shí Tāo
石涛
[石濤]
- Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet
Hú Jǐntāo
胡锦涛
[胡錦濤]
- Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
jīngtāohàilàng
惊涛骇浪
[驚濤駭浪]
- perilous situation
bōtāolínlín
波涛磷磷
[波濤磷磷]
- variant of 波濤粼粼／波涛粼粼 (bōtāolínlín)
bōtāolínlín
波涛粼粼
[波濤粼粼]
- crystalline waves (idiom)
bōtāoxiōngyǒng
波涛汹涌
[波濤洶湧]
- waves surging forth
- roaring sea