| 风波 | fēng bō | disturbance / crisis / disputes / restlessness / CL:場|场[chang2] |   |
| 骚动 | sāo dòng | disturbance / uproar / CL:陣|阵[zhen4] / to become restless | |
| 骚乱 | sāo luàn | disturbance / riot / to create a disturbance | |
| 事端 | shì duān | disturbance / incident | |
| 纷扰 | fēn rǎo | turmoil / unrest / disturbance | |
| 乱子 | luàn zi | disturbance / trouble | |
| 扰动 | rǎo dòng | to disturb / to stir up / disturbance / agitation / turmoil | |
| 哄 |  hòng | tumult / uproar / commotion / disturbance | |
| 肇事 | zhào shì | to cause an accident / to be responsible for an incident / to provoke a disturbance | |
| 闹事 | nào shì | to cause trouble / to create a disturbance | |
| 放火 | fàng huǒ | to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance | |
| 起哄 | qǐ hòng | to heckle / rowdy jeering / to create a disturbance | |
| 丧乱 | sāng luàn | tragic disaster / disturbance and bloodshed | |
| 微扰 | wēi rǎo | infinitesimal disturbance / perturbation (physics) | |
| 恬逸 | tián yì | free from worry and disturbance | |
| 躲清闲 | duǒ qīng xián | to avoid external disturbance in order to idle | |
| 天气扰动 | tiān qì rǎo dòng | synoptic disturbance | |
| 改变环境 | gǎi biàn huán jìng | site disturbance | |
| 地震扰动 | | seismic disturbance | |
| 突发电离层骚扰 | | sudden ionosphere disturbance | |
| 闹场 | nào chǎng | gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera / to create a disturbance | |
| 闹翻天 | nào fān tiān | to create a big disturbance | |
| 啰唣 | luó zào | to create a disturbance / to make trouble / to harass | |
