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哄 meaning in English

hōng

roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub

HSK 7-9phoneticverb9 strokes

Meaning of 哄

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hōng
  1. roar of laughter (onom.)
  2. hubbub
  3. to roar (as a crowd)
hǒng
  1. to deceive
  2. to coax
  3. to amuse (a child)
hòng
  1. tumult
  2. uproar
  3. commotion
  4. disturbance
hòng
  1. variant of 鬨|哄[hong4]

哄 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

菲fēi力lì克kè斯sī当dāng时shí试shì图tú哄hǒng骗piàn阿ā米mǐ莉lì娅yà开kāi门mén。
Felix was trying to trick Amelia to open the door.
为wèi了le哄hǒng玛mǎ莉lì开kāi心xīn，汤tāng姆mǔ几jī乎hū会huì做zuò任rèn何hé事shì。
Tom would do practically anything to keep Mary happy.
哄hōng堂táng大dà笑xiào。
The whole audience erupted in laughter.
汤tāng姆mǔ哄hǒng玛mǎ丽lì做zuò他tā的de作zuò业yè。
Tom tricked Mary into doing his work for him.
才cái不bù呢ne，我wǒ想xiǎng他tā那nà样yàng做zuò只zhǐ不bù过guò是shì想xiǎng哄hǒng老lǎo婆pó高gāo兴xìng。
No, I think he just does those things because he wants to please his wife.

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哄 hōng · roar of laughter · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 哄.

哄堂大笑hōngtáng-dàxiàothe whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
起哄qǐhòngto heckle; rowdy jeering
哄骗hǒngpiànto deceive; to cheat

Questions about 哄

What does 哄 mean?

哄 (hōng) means "roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub" and is used as a phonetic and verb.

How do you write 哄?

哄 is made of 1 character: 哄 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 哄 an HSK word?

Yes. 哄 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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