Chinese symbol for “noise”
噪声
zào shēng
Traditional: 噪聲
noise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for noise is 噪声 (zào shēng), defined as: noise.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “noise”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杂音 (雜音) | zá yīn | noise |
| 响声 (響聲) | xiǎng shēng | noise |
| 声 (聲) | shēng | sound; voice |
| 吵闹声 (吵鬧聲) | chǎo nào shēng | noise |
| 嘈杂声 (嘈雜聲) | cáo zá shēng | noise; din |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 噪声.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 噪音 | zào yīn | rumble; noise |
| 降噪 | jiàng zào | to reduce noise (e.g. in a device, signal or environment) |
| 鼓噪 | gǔ zào | (in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle); to create a clamor; to make a din; to kick up a fuss |
| 声名大噪 (聲名大噪) | shēng míng dà zào | to rise to fame |
| 聒噪 | guō zào | a clamor; noisy |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
| 声明 (聲明) | shēng míng | to state; to declare |
| 声称 (聲稱) | shēng chēng | to claim; to state |
See also: Japanese symbol for “noise”.
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.