哄

hǒng/hōng/hòng

to deceive; to coax

Traditional 閧 / 鬨

HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 HSK 2.0 · Level 6 verbonomatopoeia

Meaning

hǒng hong3

to deceive
to coax
to amuse (a child)

hōng as in 哄堂大笑 hong1

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

hòng as in 起哄 hong4

variant of 哄

hòng as in 起哄 hong4

tumult
uproar
commotion
disturbance

Example sentences

tā他shì试zhe着hǒng哄tā他lǎopó老婆kāixīn开心，dàn但tā他méi没zuòdào做到。

He tried to cheer up his wife, but wasn't able to.
cái才bù不ne呢，wǒ我xiǎng想tā他nàyàng那样zuò做zhǐbuguò只不过shì是xiǎng想hǒng哄lǎopó老婆gāoxìng高兴。

No, I think he just does those things because he wants to please his wife.

HSK words with 哄

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