Chinese symbol for “fluctuate”
波动
bō dòng
Traditional: 波動
to undulate; to fluctuate; wave motion; rise and fall
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fluctuate is 波动 (bō dòng), defined as: to undulate; to fluctuate; wave motion; rise and fall.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fluctuate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 变动 (變動) | biàn dòng | to change; to fluctuate |
| 震荡 (震盪) | zhèn dàng | to shake up; to jolt |
| 徘徊 | pái huái | to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate |
| 浮动 (浮動) | fú dòng | to drift about; to move unsteadily; (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable |
| 变幻 (變幻) | biàn huàn | to change irregularly; to fluctuate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 波动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 波音 | bō yīn | mordent (music) |
| 风波 (風波) | fēng bō | disturbance; crisis |
| 波特 | bō tè | (loanword) baud (computing); porter (beer) |
| 波及 | bō jí | to spread to; to involve |
| 微波 | wēi bō | ripple; microwave |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fluctuate”.
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.