HSK 6 · Verbs

起哄 qǐhòng “to stir up trouble” in Chinese

Traditional 起鬨

What 起哄 means

  1. to stir up trouble
  2. to jeer
  3. to tease
  4. to heckle
  5. rowdy jeering
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to create a disturbance

How to say 起哄

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale起qǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale哄hòng4th tone, falling

起哄 in a sentence

  1. 婚礼上，朋友们起哄让新郎唱歌。

    Hūnlǐ shàng, péngyoumen qǐhòng ràng xīnláng chànggē.

    At the wedding, friends playfully urged the groom to sing.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他一上台，同学们就开始起哄。

    Tā yí shàngtái, tóngxuémen jiù kāishǐ qǐhòng.

    As soon as he went up on stage, his classmates started teasing him.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 起哄 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 起 (qǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
起qǐto rise
  • 走walk · zǒuMeaning part
  • 己self · jǐSound part

走 hints at the meaning (walk); 己 (jǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with qǐ.

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

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

How to write 起哄

起 10 strokes · 哄 9 strokes

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

Words related to 起哄

Words with 起

对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry一起yìqǐ · together起床qǐchuáng · to get up起qǐ · to rise起飞qǐfēi · take off in an aeroplane起来qǐlai · beginning or continuing an action引起yǐnqǐ · to give rise to看不起kànbuqǐ · to look down upon了不起liǎobuqǐ · amazing起初qǐchū · at first

Words with 哄

哄hǒng · to coax

More words: Common Verbs

牵制qiānzhì · to contain翘qiào · to stick up起草qǐcǎo · to draft欺负qīfu · to bully清除qīngchú · to clear away清理qīnglǐ · to clear up倾斜qīngxié · to tilt欺骗qīpiàn · to deceive

FAQs

起哄 (qǐhòng) means “to stir up trouble” or “to jeer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qǐhòng: qǐ with a 3rd tone, then hòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 起哄 is written 起鬨. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qihong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 起哄 from the suggestions. Typing qihong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
起哄 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.