| 1 | 波涛 | 波濤 | bō tāo | bo1 tao1 | great waves; billows | | |
| 2 | 波涛磷磷 | 波濤磷磷 | bō tāo lín lín | bo1 tao1 lin2 lin2 | crystalline waves (idiom); variant of 波涛粼粼 | | |
| 3 | 波涛怒号 | 波濤怒號 | bō tāo nù háo | bo1 tao1 nu4 hao2 | The billows are roaring. (idiom) | | |
| 4 | 波涛拍岸 | 波濤拍岸 | bō tāo pāi àn | bo1 tao1 pai1 an4 | waves beating on the bank (idiom) | | |
| 5 | 波涛汹涌 | 波濤洶涌 | bō tāo xiōng yǒng | bo1 tao1 xiong1 yong3 | waves surging forth; roaring sea | | |
| 6 | 胡锦涛 | 胡錦濤 | hú jǐn tāo | Hu2 Jin3 tao1 | Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013 | | |
| 7 | 惊涛 | 驚濤 | jīng tāo | jing1 tao1 | raging waves; stormy waves | | |
| 8 | 惊涛骇浪 | 驚濤駭浪 | jīng tāo hài làng | jing1 tao1 hai4 lang4 | perilous situation | | |
| 9 | 狂涛巨澜 | 狂濤巨瀾 | kuáng tāo jù lán | kuang2 tao1 ju4 lan2 | angry waves; raging ride (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 澜汗洪涛 | 瀾汗洪濤 | lán hàn hóng tāo | lan2 han4 hong2 tao1 | to rise or roll in billows (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 浪涛 | 浪濤 | làng tāo | lang4 tao1 | ocean wave; billows | | |
| 12 | 怒涛奔腾 | 怒濤奔騰 | nù tāo bēn téng | nu4 tao1 ben1 teng2 | angry waves are racing (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 石涛 | 石濤 | shí tāo | Shi2 Tao1 | Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet | | |
| 14 | 世涛 | 世濤 | shì tāo | shi4 tao1 | stout (beer) (loanword) | | |
| 15 | 涛 | 濤 | tāo | tao1 | big wave; Taiwan pr. [tao2] | | |
| 16 | 推涛兴浪 | 推濤興浪 | tuī tāo xīng làng | tui1 tao1 xing1 lang4 | to egg sb. on (to do sth.) (idiom) | | |