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轰动

hōng dòng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 轟動

轰动 (hōng dòng) means "to cause a sensation; to create a stir in (a place); commotion". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 轰动 means

1. to cause a sensation
2. to create a stir in (a place)
3. commotion
4. controversy

The characters in 轰动

• 轰hōngexplosion; bang; boom
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 真是轰动一时。
  It was sensational.
• 披头士的发型引起了轰动。
  Pītóushì de fàxíng yǐnqǐ le hōngdòng.
  The hair style of the Beatles created a sensation.

Words starting with 轰动

• 轰动一时hōng dòng yī shíto cause a sensation (idiom)
• 轰动效应hōng dòng xiào yìngsensational effect; wild reaction

Sounds the same

Read hōng dòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 烘动variant of 轰动
• 哄动variant of 轰动

Where 轰动 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · hé–hōng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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