哄

hōng
HSK 6
#2,508 most
frequent character
roar of laughter (onomatopoeia)
verb
noun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

哄 began as noise made by a crowd, with 口 mouth as the meaning part and 共 gòng for the sound, matching only in rhyme. Read hōng it is crowd noise or a roar; hòng means an uproar. Read hǒng, the sound was borrowed for 'to fool', which then grew to coaxing and amusing.

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Example Sentences

观众们开始哄笑起来。
guānzhòng mén kāishǐ hōngxiào qǐlái 。
The audience started to burst into laughter.
他一说笑话，大家都哄堂大笑。
tā yī shuō xiàohuà ， dàjiā dū hōngtángdàxiào 。
As soon as he told the joke, everyone laughed uproariously.
那个节目让观众们哄然大笑。
nàgè jiémù ràng guānzhòng mén hōng rán dàxiào 。
That show made the audience roar with laughter.

Same Characters, Different Readings

哄hǒng
to deceive, to coax, to amuse (a child)
哄hòng
variant of 鬨|哄[hong4]
哄hòng
tumult, uproar, commotion

Words with similar meanings

笑xiào
laugh
This verb is a more general term for laughing, while '哄' often implies a louder, more collective laugh.
狂笑kuángxiào
laugh wildly
This term indicates an even more intense expression of laughter, suggesting a lack of control.

Homophones

HSK 6
烘hōng
to bake, to heat by fire
轰hōng
. to explode, ono. boom,onomat

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