Chinese symbol for “turbulent”
汹涌
xiōng yǒng
Traditional: 洶湧
to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for turbulent is 汹涌 (xiōng yǒng), defined as: to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “turbulent”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 汹涌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 波涛汹涌 (波濤洶湧) | bō tāo xiōng yǒng | waves surging forth; roaring sea |
| 气势汹汹 (氣勢洶洶) | qì shì xiōng xiōng | aggressive; truculent |
| 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 |
| 涌动 (湧動) | yǒng dòng | (of water, people, thoughts etc) to surge; to well up and flow; to move in waves |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “turbulent”.
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.