哄
堂
大
笑

The whole room roaring with laughter (idiom) in Chinese: 哄堂大笑 (hōng táng dà xiào)

hōng táng dà xiào

the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)

Stroke order

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哄
堂
大
笑

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄥ

hōng

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄊㄤˊ

táng

ㄊ/ tㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄠˋ

xiào

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他的笑话让大家哄堂大笑。

    tā de xiào huà ràng dà jiā hōng táng dà xiào。

    His joke made the whole room roar with laughter.

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Related words

大

dà

big

笑

xiào

to laugh

哄

hǒng

to deceive

堂

táng

(main) hall

大家

dà jiā

everyone

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

大约

dà yuē

approximately

扩大

kuò dà

to expand

笑话

xiào hua

joke

大方

dà fāng

expert

大象

dà xiàng

elephant

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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