Chinese symbol for “fallout”
余波
yú bō
Traditional: 餘波
aftermath; repercussions; fallout
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fallout is 余波 (yú bō), defined as: aftermath; repercussions; fallout.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fallout”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 落尘 (落塵) | luò chén | dust fall; fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) |
| 降尘 (降塵) | jiàng chén | dust fall; fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 余波.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其余 (其餘) | qí yú | the rest; the others |
| 余额 (餘額) | yú é | balance (of an account, bill etc); surplus |
| 业余 (業餘) | yè yú | in one's spare time; outside working hours |
| 剩余 (剩餘) | shèng yú | to remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left |
| 多余 (多餘) | duō yú | superfluous; unnecessary |
| 余地 (餘地) | yú dì | margin; leeway |
| 波动 (波動) | bō dòng | to undulate; to fluctuate |
| 波音 | bō yīn | mordent (music) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fallout”.
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.