哄

• 拼音: hōng / hǒng / hòng
• 汉字拆解: 哄 = 口 (mouth) + 共 (together/shared) — many mouths in concert, suggesting collective noise or collective persuasion

含义

A polyphonic character with three readings. hōng: a loud burst of collective crowd noise. hǒng: to coax, cajole, or placate. hòng: to heckle, stir up, or cause a commotion.

As hōng: describes a collective burst of sound — 哄堂大笑 (the whole room erupting in laughter), 哄然 (in a great roar of noise). As hǒng: to soothe or cajole — 哄孩子 (to coax a child), 哄骗 (to hoodwink with sweet talk). As hòng: to create uproar — 起哄 (to heckle or rile up a crowd; also: to join in a commotion). Context determines the reading; confusion of these three readings is a common learner error.

例句

1. 台下观众哄然叫好，现场顿时沸腾起来，表演者们深受感染，表演也愈加投入而精彩。
2. 母亲轻声哄着哭泣的孩子，用温柔的语言和轻柔的拍抚让他慢慢平静下来，安然入睡。
3. 课堂上几名同学无故起哄，老师严肃地指出这种行为已影响到整体课堂秩序，必须立即停止。

用法指南

语境: crowd behaviour, parenting, social situations, casual speech

语气: varied

正确说法

• 全场观众哄然大笑，笑声经久不息，现场气氛之热烈令主持人不得不等待片刻才能继续进行节目。(The whole audience burst into laughter all at once — the laughter went on and on, and the atmosphere was so boisterous that the host had to wait a moment before continuing the programme.)
• 父亲每天晚上都会用一个简短的睡前故事哄女儿入睡，这个温馨的习惯已经坚持了整整三年。(Every evening the father would coax his daughter to sleep with a short bedtime story — a warm habit that had been kept up for three full years.)

错误说法

• 哄 without attention to context — the three readings have distinct meanings; 哄然 is always hōng, 哄孩子 is always hǒng, and 起哄 is always hòng; confusing them produces unintended meanings

起源与历史

哄 = 口 (mouth) + 共 (together/shared) — mouths making noise together; the three readings reflect distinct but related semantic fields

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal