# 哄堂大笑 (hōngtángdàxiào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 哄堂大笑 (hōngtángdàxiào) means “the whole room bursts into laughter”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: the whole room bursts into laughter
- Pinyin: hōngtángdàxiào (hong1 tang2 da4 xiao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他的笑话惹得大家哄堂大笑。
  Tā de xiàohua rědé dàjiā hōngtángdàxiào.
  His joke made the whole room burst into laughter.

## Characters

- [哄](https://hanziro.com/word/hong-coax/) (hǒng): to coax; to soothe (a child)
- [堂](https://hanziro.com/word/tang-classes/) (táng): (measure word) for classes; main hall
- [大](https://hanziro.com/word/da-big/) (dà): big; large
- [笑](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-laugh/) (xiào): to laugh; to smile

https://hanziro.com/word/hong-tang-da-xiao-whole-room-bursts/

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