sound of waves breaking on the shore
Formal, literary term for the sound of waves, especially as they crash onto the shore. Rare in everyday speech; more common in poetry or descriptive prose.
In the stillness of the night, the sound of waves could be heard from afar.
Compound of 濤 (large waves) and 声 (voice, sound). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a classical Chinese pattern for describing natural sounds.