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- Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
- hypo (loanword)
- sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite)
- wave (sea)
- brethren on the other side of the border (used in the context of China-Myanmar friendship) (loanword from Burmese "paukphaw", meaning "close kin")
- (Tw) Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbr. for 波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納|波士尼亚与赫塞哥维纳[Bo1 shi4 ni2 ya4 yu3 He4 se4 ge1 wei2 na4])
- (slang) (loanword) big boobs
- big-breasted
- (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 ba4 nai3 cha2]
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbr. for 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那[Bo1 si1 ni2 ya4 he2 Hei1 sai4 ge1 wei2 na4])
Trad. 諧波
- harmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental)
- Tsukuba, university city in Ibaraki prefecture 茨城縣|茨城县[Ci2 cheng2 xian4], northeast of Tokyo, Japan
- Bonaparte (name)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
- Potiphar, the captain of the pharaoh's guard (in the account of Joseph in the Book of Genesis)
Trad. 波斑鴇
- (bird species of China) MacQueen's bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)
Trad. 荔波縣
- Libo, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou
Trad. 雷波縣
- Leibo, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan
Trad. 波義耳
- Boyle (name)
- Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist
- Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist
- Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
Trad. 波茲曼
- Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
Trad. 寧波市
- Ningbo, sub-provincial city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
- (soccer slang) spectacular, world-class goal; wonder goal (originally Cantonese: 波 is borrowed from English "ball", Jyutping [bo1])
- Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping
Trad. 劉曉波
- Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010
- (name) Polonius
- Shakespearean character, father of Ophelia, accidentally killed by Hamlet
Trad. 風波不斷
- constantly in turmoil
- crisis after crisis
Trad. 波濤磷磷
- variant of 波濤粼粼|波涛粼粼[bo1 tao1 lin2 lin2]
Trad. 隨波逐流
- to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
Trad. 隨波遜流
- to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
Trad. 波瀾壯闊
- surging forward with great momentum
- unfolding on a magnificent scale
Trad. 波瀾老成
- splendid and powerful (of story)
- majestic
- awesome
Trad. 波瀾起伏
- one climax follows another (of thrilling story)