混沌

Meaning of 混沌

混沌 (hùndùn) is primordial chaos — the formless, undivided state before creation in Chinese cosmology, from which the universe arose when heaven and earth first separated.

To say Chaos in Chinese, pronounce 混沌 as Hùn dùn. The marks over the letters show the tones — the pitch contour that distinguishes Mandarin syllables.