哄堂大笑 meaning in English

hōngtáng-dàxiào

the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)

HSK 7-933 strokes

Meaning of 哄堂大笑

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hōngtángdàxiào
  1. the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)

哄堂大笑 in example sentences

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

哄hōng堂táng大dà笑xiào。
The whole audience erupted in laughter.

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哄 hōng · roar of laughter · 9 strokes

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堂 táng · hall · 11 strokes

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大 dà · big · 3 strokes

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笑 xiào · to laugh · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 哄堂大笑.

开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
大学dàxuéuniversity; college
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
大人dàrenadult; grownup
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
大部分dàbùfenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
大量dàliànggreat amount; large quantity
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority
笑话xiàohuajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock

Questions about 哄堂大笑

What does 哄堂大笑 mean?

哄堂大笑 (hōngtáng-dàxiào) means "the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)".

How do you write 哄堂大笑?

哄堂大笑 is made of 4 characters: 哄 (9 strokes), 堂 (11 strokes), 大 (3 strokes), 笑 (10 strokes). That is 33 strokes in total.

Is 哄堂大笑 an HSK word?

Yes. 哄堂大笑 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.