哄
hǒnghōnghòng HSK7

coax

哄 hǒng frequency
coax verb
to soothe, amuse, or keep someone (especially a child) happy through gentle words or play

妈妈正在哄孩子睡觉。

mā​ma zhèng​zài hǒng hái​zi shuì​jiào.

The mother is coaxing the child to sleep.

deceive verb
to trick, fool, or mislead someone

你别哄我了，我才不信呢。

nǐ bié hǒng wǒ le, wǒ cái bù xìn ne.

Stop kidding me; I don't believe it.

哄 hōng
hubbub onomatopoeia
the confused noise or collective roar of a crowd

人群哄的一声散了。

rén​qún hōng de yī shēng sàn le.

The crowd dispersed with a roar.

laughter onomatopoeia
an onomatopoeic representation of a collective roar of laughter

大家听了都哄地笑起来。

dà​jiā tīng le dōu hōng de xiào qi​lai.

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing that.

哄 (鬨) hòng
uproar verb
a state of loud noise, confusion, or public disturbance

他在人群中瞎哄，存心想制造混乱。

tā zài rén​qún zhōng xiā​hòng, cún​xīn xiǎng zhì​zào hùn​luàn.

He was making a scene in the crowd, intentionally trying to cause chaos.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,513th most common 18.9 per million
Movie subtitles
2,461st most common 9.18 per million appears in 5% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
9.78 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
11.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+54C4

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)