Chinese symbol for “hypo”
海波
hǎi bō
hypo (loanword); sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite); wave (sea)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hypo is 海波 (hǎi bō), defined as: hypo (loanword); sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite); wave (sea).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 海波.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 海军 (海軍) | hǎi jūn | navy |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 海上 | hǎi shàng | maritime |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 波动 (波動) | bō dòng | to undulate; to fluctuate |
| 波音 | bō yīn | mordent (music) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hypo”.
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.