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哄

hōng

HSK 6 Character

What 哄 means

1. roar of laughter (onom.)
2. hubbub
3. to roar (as a crowd)

Other readings

哄 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hǒngto deceive; to coax; to amuse (a child)
• hòngtumult; uproar; commotion
• hòngvariant of {哄|hòng}

Example sentences

• 哄堂大笑。
  The whole audience erupted in laughter.
• 这脏袜子臭哄哄。
  These dirty socks stink.
• 男孩儿们闹哄哄的。
  The boys are noisy.
• 这条新闻哄动了世界。
  Zhè tiáo xīnwén hōngdòng le shìjiè.
  This news shocked the world.
• 汤姆哄玛丽做他的作业。
  Tāngmǔ hōng Mǎlì zuò tā de zuòyè.
  Tom tricked Mary into doing his work for him.
• 他试着哄他老婆开心，但他没做到。
  Tā shìzhe hōng tā lǎopó kāixīn, dàn tā méi zuòdào.
  He tried to cheer up his wife, but wasn't able to.

Words starting with 哄

• 哄堂大笑hōng táng dà xiàothe whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
• 哄笑hōng xiàoto roar with laughter; hoots of laughter; guffaw
• 哄骗hǒng piànto deceive; to cheat
• 哄劝hǒng quànto coax
• 哄抬hōng táito artificially inflate; to bid up (the price)
• 哄抢hōng qiǎngto panic buy; to loot
• 哄然hōng ránboisterous; uproarious
• 哄瞒hǒng mánto deceive
• 哄诱hǒng yòuto coax; to induce
• 哄动hōng dòngvariant of 轰动
• 哄动一时hōng dòng yī shívariant of 轰动一时

Words containing 哄

• 起哄qǐ hòngto heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbance
• 乱哄哄luàn hōng hōngnoisy and in disarray; in an uproar
• 闹哄哄nào hōng hōngclamorous; noisy; sensational
• 打哄dǎ hǒngto fool around; to kid around
• 欺哄qī hǒngto dupe; to deceive
• 瞒哄mán hǒngto deceive; to cheat (sb)
• 蒙哄méng hǒngto deceive; to cheat
• 赚哄zhuàn hǒngto cheat; to hoodwink; to defraud
• 连哄带骗lián hǒng dài piànto cajole; to sweet talk sb into doing sth
• 一哄而散yī hōng ér sànto disperse in confusion (idiom)
• 一哄而起yī hōng ér qǐ(of a group of people) to rush into action
• 内哄nèi hòngvariant of 内讧

Characters built on 共

These share the phonetic component 共 (gòng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 供gōngto provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 洪hóngflood; big; great
• 恭gōngrespectful
• 烘hōngto bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast
• 拱gǒngto cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong
• 珙gǒng(gem)
• 栱gǒngpost

Characters that look like 哄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 响xiǎngecho; sound; noise
• 哦éto chant
• 唤huànto call
• 咪mīsound for calling a cat
• 哟yōOh! (interjection indicating slight surprise); also pr. yāo
• 呦yōuOh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦

Sounds the same

Read hōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 轰explosion; bang; boom
• 烘to bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast
• 薨death of a prince; swarming
• 訇sound of a crash
• 吽sound of a Buddhist incantation
• 嚝to sigh; sound of a drum
• 𫶕(onomatopoeia) crashing sound; same as 訇
• 焢(archaic) angry appearance