粵

波bo1濤tou4洶hung1湧jung2

simp波涛汹涌
bo1 tou4 hung1 jung2bo1tao1 xiong1yong3bō tāo xiōng yǒng

English

  1. waves surging forth
  2. stormy waves [written and colloquial]; large breasts [colloquial]
  3. (of waves) roaring and surging turbulently
  4. roaring sea

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容波浪又大又急

Examples

  • 形容女人胸大(因為胸喺粵語又叫波)

    used to describe a woman with large breasts (since the word 波 bo1 is euphemism for 胸 hung1 "breast" in Cantonese)

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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