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Chinese symbol for “bolero”

波莱罗
bō lái luó
Traditional: 波萊羅
bolero (dance) (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bolero is 波莱罗 (bō lái luó), defined as: bolero (dance) (loanword).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

波 bō
waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
莱 lái
weed, goosefoot; fallow field; used in transliterations
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes
罗 luó
gauze, net; to collect, to display
radical 122 ⽹ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 波莱罗.

WordPinyinMeaning
波动 (波動)bō dòngto undulate; to fluctuate
波音bō yīnmordent (music)
风波 (風波)fēng bōdisturbance; crisis
波特bō tè(loanword) baud (computing); porter (beer)
波及bō jíto spread to; to involve
微波wēi bōripple; microwave
莱姆 (萊姆)lái mǔ(loanword) lime
莱芜 (萊蕪)lái wúfield with dense growth of wild weeds
古罗马 (古羅馬)gǔ Luó mǎancient Rome

See also: Japanese symbol for “bolero”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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