Chinese symbol for “pandemonium”
鸡犬不宁
jī quǎn bù níng
Traditional: 雞犬不寧
lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom); fig. great commotion; pandemonium
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pandemonium is 鸡犬不宁 (jī quǎn bù níng), defined as: lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom); fig. great commotion; pandemonium.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鸡犬不宁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡巴 (雞巴) | jī ba | dick; penis (vulgar) |
| 鸡蛋 (雞蛋) | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg |
| 鸡肉 (雞肉) | jī ròu | chicken meat |
| 小鸡 (小雞) | xiǎo jī | chick |
| 鸡鸡 (雞雞) | jī jī | penis (childish) |
| 鸡汤 (雞湯) | jī tāng | chicken stock; chicken soup |
| 警犬 | jǐng quǎn | police dog |
| 猎犬 (獵犬) | liè quǎn | hound; hunting dog |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 宁愿 (寧願) | nìng yuàn | would rather ... (than ...) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pandemonium”.
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.