Chinese symbol for “uproar”
骚动
sāo dòng
Traditional: 騷動
disturbance; uproar; 阵 (zhèn); to become restless
The closest CC-CEDICT match for uproar is 骚动 (sāo dòng), defined as: disturbance; uproar; 阵 (zhèn); to become restless.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “uproar”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哄 (鬨) | hòng | tumult; uproar |
| 满城风雨 (滿城風雨) | mǎn chéng fēng yǔ | lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom); fig. a big scandal |
| 吵嚷 | chǎo rǎng | to make a racket; clamour |
| 喧腾 (喧騰) | xuān téng | to make a tumult; hubbub |
| 訬 | chāo | clamor; uproar |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 骚动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骚扰 (騷擾) | sāo rǎo | to disturb; to cause a commotion |
| 性骚扰 (性騷擾) | xìng sāo rǎo | sexual harassment |
| 骚乱 (騷亂) | sāo luàn | disturbance; riot; to create a disturbance |
| 骚货 (騷貨) | sāo huò | loose woman; slut |
| 风骚 (風騷) | fēng sāo | literary excellence; flirtatious behavior |
| 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 “uproar”.
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.