xiōng yǒng

Traditional: 洶湧

HSK 7–9

汹涌 (xiōng yǒng) is a Chinese word meaning “to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent”.

Meanings

  1. 1to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc)
  2. 2turbulent
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 汹涌

汹xiōng · torrential rush涌chōng · (used in place names)

Related words

涌(used in place names)涌to bubble up涌variant of 湧|涌[yong3]涌入to come pouring in涌动(of water, people, thoughts etc) to surge; to well up and flow; to move in waves涌现to emerge in large numbers涌出to gush喷涌to bubble out气势汹汹aggressive泉涌to gush涌泉gushing spring涌起to well up

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