Chinese symbol for “surge”
涌动
yǒng dòng
Traditional: 湧動
(of water, people, thoughts etc) to surge; to well up and flow; to move in waves
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surge is 涌动 (yǒng dòng), defined as: (of water, people, thoughts etc) to surge; to well up and flow; to move in waves.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “surge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涌 (湧) | yǒng | to well up; to gush forth; to surge |
| 浪涌 (浪湧) | làng yǒng | (electrical) surge |
| 波 | bō | wave; ripple |
| 掀起 | xiān qǐ | to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc) |
| 喘振 | chuǎn zhèn | (of turbomachinery) to surge; to pulsate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 涌动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涌现 (湧現) | yǒng xiàn | to emerge in large numbers; to spring up |
| 涌入 (湧入) | yǒng rù | to come pouring in; influx |
| 汹涌 (洶湧) | xiōng yǒng | to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent |
| 涌出 (湧出) | yǒng chū | to gush; to gush out |
| 风起云涌 (風起雲湧) | fēng qǐ yún yǒng | to surge like a gathering storm (idiom); to grow by leaps and bounds |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
See also: Japanese symbol for “surge”.
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.