Chinese symbol for “rumbling”
轰隆
hōng lōng
Traditional: 轟隆
(onom.) rumbling; rolling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rumbling is 轰隆 (hōng lōng), defined as: (onom.) rumbling; rolling.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rumbling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘎啦 | gā la | (onom.) rumbling; rattling |
| 咕噜 (咕嚕) | gū lu | (onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove) |
| 虺虺 | huǐ huǐ | rumbling (of thunder etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 轰隆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轰炸 (轟炸) | hōng zhà | to bomb; to bombard; measure word: 波 (bō), 轮 (lún) |
| 轰炸机 (轟炸機) | hōng zhà jī | bomber (aircraft) |
| 轰动 (轟動) | hōng dòng | to cause a sensation; to create a stir in (a place) |
| 炮轰 (炮轟) | pào hōng | to bombard; to bomb |
| 轰轰烈烈 (轟轟烈烈) | hōng hōng liè liè | strong; vigorous |
| 隆重 | lóng zhòng | grand; prosperous |
| 克隆 | kè lóng | (biology) (loanword) to clone; a clone; (fig.) to make an identical copy of (a website etc) |
| 兴隆 (興隆) | xīng lóng | prosperous; thriving |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rumbling”.
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.