HSK 6 · Verbs

哄 hǒng “to coax” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

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What 哄 means

  1. to coax
  2. to fool
  3. to amuse (a child)
  4. to deceive

How to say 哄

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale哄hǒng3rd tone, dipping

哄 in a sentence

  1. 他试着哄他老婆开心，但他没做到。

    Tā shì zhe hǒng tā lǎopo kāixīn, dàn tā méi zuòdào.

    He tried to cheer up his wife, but wasn’t able to.

    Sentence #2370697 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 才不呢，我想他那样做只不过是想哄老婆高兴。

    Cái bù ne, wǒ xiǎng tā nàyàng zuò zhǐ búguò shì xiǎng hǒng lǎopo gāoxìng.

    Not at all – I think he only does that to keep his wife happy.

    Sentence #373382 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 汤姆哄玛丽做他的作业。

    Tāngmǔ hǒng Mǎlì zuò tā de zuòyè.

    Tom coaxed Mary into doing his homework for him.

    Sentence #5576773 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 哄 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 哄 (hǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
哄hǒngto deceive
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 共all · gòngSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 共 (gòng) hints at the sound. Compare it with hǒng.

How to write 哄

哄 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

哄 (hǒng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 哄 (hǒng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 哄

Words with 哄

起哄qǐhòng · to stir up trouble

More words: Thinking & Talking

过奖guòjiǎng · you flatter me过问guòwèn · to concern oneself with寒暄hánxuān · to exchange pleasantries哼hēng · to hum吼hǒu · to roar恍然大悟huǎngrándàwù · to suddenly realise呼唤hūhuàn · to call回顾huígù · to look back

FAQs

哄 (hǒng) means “to coax” or “to fool”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hǒng: hǒng with a 3rd tone. Play the example sentences on this page to hear it in use.
Yes. 哄 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 哄 from the suggestions. Typing hong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
哄 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.