| 莎拉波娃 | Shā lā bō wá | Sharapova (Russian female tennis star) |
| 薄一波 | Bó Yī bō | Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping |
| 苏珊・波伊尔 | Sū shān · Bō yī ěr | Susan Boyle (1961-), competitor in UK reality TV competition |
| 行波管 | xíng bō guǎn | traveling wave tube (electronics) |
| 调制波 | tiáo zhì bō | modulated wave (elec.) |
| 超声波检查 | chāo shēng bō jiǎn chá | echography; ultrasound scan |
| 超音波 | chāo yīn bō | ultrasound; ultrasonic wave |
| 轩然大波 | xuān rán dà bō | tempest |
| 辐射波 | fú shè bō | radiation (wave); radiated wave |
| 醋海生波 | cù hǎi shēng bō | lit. waves on a sea of vinegar; trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom) |
| 金融风波 | jīn róng fēng bō | financial crisis; banking crisis |
| 防波堤 | fáng bō dī | breakwater; seawall; fig. defensive buffer zone |
| 阿波罗 | Ā bō luó | Apollo (loanword) |
| 阿波罗计划 | Ā bō luó jì huà | the Apollo project (1961-1975), the NASA moon landing project |
| 随波 | suí bō | to drift with the waves |
| 随波逐流 | suí bō zhú liú | to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly |
| 随波逊流 | suí bō xùn liú | to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly |
| 雅拉香波神山 | Yǎ lā Xiāng bō shén shān | Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚县, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan |
| 雅拉香波雪山 | Yǎ lā Xiāng bō xuě shān | Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚县, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan |
| 雷波 | Léi bō | Leibo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 凉山彝族自治州, south Sichuan |
| 雷波县 | Léi bō xiàn | Leibo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 凉山彝族自治州, south Sichuan |
| 震波 | zhèn bō | seismic wave |
| 震波图 | zhèn bō tú | seismogram |
| 震波曲线 | zhèn bō qū xiàn | seismogram |
| 余波 | yú bō | aftermath; repercussions; fallout |
| 香波 | xiāng bō | shampoo (loanword); see 洗发皂 |
| 马可波罗 | Mǎ kě Bō luó | Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo) |
| 马拉开波 | Mǎ lā kāi bō | Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| 驻波 | zhù bō | standing wave |
| 鲸波 | jīng bō | huge wave or breaker |
