哄堂

Chinese

Etymology 1

		deceive; coax; resound with laughter	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (哄堂)		哄	堂
alternative forms		烘堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hōngtáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hōngtáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hongtáng
    • Wade–Giles: hung¹-tʻang²
    • Yale: hūng-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hongtarng
    • Palladius: хунтан (xuntan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-tông
    • Tâi-lô: hong-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongdoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/

Verb

哄堂

1. to roar with laughter together (of a group of people gathered together); to fill the room or house with laughter; to bring down the house as a result of witty remark, clownish acts, etc.

Derived terms

• 哄堂大笑 (hōngtángdàxiào)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 哄堂 – see 鬨堂. (This term is the simplified form of 鬨堂).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.