Chinese symbol for “twister”
龙卷风
lóng juǎn fēng
Traditional: 龍捲風
tornado; hurricane; twister; cyclone
The closest CC-CEDICT match for twister is 龙卷风 (lóng juǎn fēng), defined as: tornado; hurricane; twister; cyclone.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “twister”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 龙卷风.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龙头 (龍頭) | lóng tóu | faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar |
| 恐龙 (恐龍) | kǒng lóng | dinosaur (头 (tóu),只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly person |
| 沙龙 (沙龍) | shā lóng | salon (loanword) |
| 青龙 (青龍) | qīng lóng | (slang) man lacking pubic hair; (mahjong) full straight (123, 456, 789 in one suit) |
| 成龙 (成龍) | chéng lóng | to succeed in life; to become somebody |
| 卷入 (捲入) | juǎn rù | to be drawn into; to be involved in |
| 席卷 (席捲) | xí juǎn | to engulf; to sweep |
| 问卷 (問卷) | wèn juàn | questionnaire; measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 风险 (風險) | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
See also: Japanese symbol for “twister”.
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.