橫波

See also: 横波

Chinese

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	wave; (Cantonese) ball
trad. (橫波)		橫	波
simp. (横波)		横	波

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héngbō

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ bo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héngbō
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄅㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héngbo
  - Wade–Giles: hêng²-po¹
  - Yale: héng-bwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngbo
  - Palladius: хэнбо (xɛnbo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waang⁴ bo¹
  - Yale: wàahng bō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ bo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ bo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːŋ²¹ pɔː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: hwaeng pa

Rime
Character	橫	波
Reading #	2/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	庚 (110)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	戸盲切	博禾切
Baxter	hwaeng	pa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠwæŋ/	/puɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚaŋ/	/puɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuaŋ/	/puɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨjŋ/	/pwa/
Li Rong	/ɣuɐŋ/	/puɑ/
Wang Li	/ɣwɐŋ/	/puɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwɐŋ/	/puɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóng	bō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wang⁴	bo¹

Noun

橫波

(physics) transverse wave
(literary, figurative) woman's eyes
- 昔日橫波目，今成流淚泉。
  不信妾腸斷，歸來看取明鏡前。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  昔日横波目，今成流泪泉。
  不信妾肠断，归来看取明镜前。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. mid-8^th century, 李白 (Li Bai),《長相思》其二 (Lovesickness Poem 2)
  Xīrì héngbō mù, jīn chéng liúlèi quán.
  Bùxìn qiè chángduàn, guīlái kànqǔ míngjìng qián. [Pinyin]
  Do you remember my wave-like eyes of days gone by?
  Now they become a spring of tears never dry.
  If you do not believe my heart is broken, alas!
  Come back and look into my bright mirror of brass!

Verb

橫波

(literary, figurative, of a lady) to cast a glance

See also

縱波／纵波 (zòngbō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
橫	波

Noun

橫波 • (hoengpa or McCune-Reischauer: hoengp'a or Yale: hoyngpha) (hangeul 횡파)

hanja form^? of 횡파 (“transverse wave”)