| 紊乱 | wěn luàn | disorder / chaos |   |
| 一团糟 | yī tuán zāo | chaos / bungle / complete mess / shambles | |
| 乱象 | luàn xiàng | chaos / madness | |
| 混沌 | hùn dùn | primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded | |
| 乱世 | luàn shì | the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world | |
| 战乱 | zhàn luàn | chaos of war | |
| 好整以暇 | hào zhěng yǐ xiá | to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom) | |
| 兵荒马乱 | bīng huāng mǎ luàn | soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom) / turmoil and chaos of war | |
| 拨乱反正 | bō luàn fǎn zhèng | bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder | |
| 唯恐天下不乱 | wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn | to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom) | |
| 祸乱 | huò luàn | calamity and chaos / devastating disorder / great turmoil | |
| 浊世 | zhuó shì | the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism) | |
| 惟恐天下不乱 | wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn | motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos / lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder | |
| 混沌学 | hùn dùn xué | chaos theory (math.) | |
| 混沌理论 | hùn dùn lǐ lùn | (math.) chaos theory | |
| 鸡飞狗跳 | jī fēi gǒu tiào | lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom) / fig. in chaos / in disarray | |
| 鸿蒙 | hóng méng | (literary) primordial chaos (mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe) | |
