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起哄

qǐ hòng

HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • to heckle
  • rowdy jeering
  • to create a disturbance

Definition

指许多人在一起吵闹、捣乱,或者故意对某人或某事开玩笑、嘲弄。

to make a racket; to heckle; to stir up trouble in a group.

Usage

常用于描述一群人在公共场合喧哗、起哄,或者故意挑事。

Often used to describe a group of people making noise, heckling, or deliberately stirring up trouble in public.

Examples

  • 1 学生们在课堂上起哄,老师很生气。(The students were making a racket in class, and the teacher was angry.)
  • 2 演唱会上,观众起哄要求歌手再来一首。(At the concert, the audience heckled and demanded an encore.)
  • 3 他们几个在酒吧里起哄,结果被保安赶了出去。(A few of them were causing a stir in the bar and got kicked out by the security.)
  • 4 起哄了,这可不是开玩笑的时候。(Stop making a scene; this is no time for jokes.)
  • 5 比赛输了,球迷们开始起哄骂教练。(After the team lost, the fans started heckling and cursing the coach.)

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