Chinese symbol for “surf”
冲浪
chōng làng
Traditional: 衝浪
to surf; surfing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surf is 冲浪 (chōng làng), defined as: to surf; surfing.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冲浪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲突 (衝突) | chōng tū | conflict; to conflict |
| 冲击 (沖擊) | chōng jī | variant of 冲击 (chōng jī) |
| 冲动 (衝動) | chōng dòng | to have an urge; to be impetuous |
| 脉冲 (脈衝) | mài chōng | pulse (physics) |
| 冲破 (衝破) | chōng pò | breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly |
| 浪费 (浪費) | làng fèi | to waste; to squander |
| 浪漫 | làng màn | romantic |
| 浪潮 | làng cháo | wave; tides |
See also: Japanese symbol for “surf”.
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.