# 前仰后合 (qiányǎnghòuhé)

In Mandarin Chinese, 前仰后合 (qiányǎnghòuhé) means “to rock back and forth (laughing)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to rock back and forth (laughing)
- Pinyin: qiányǎnghòuhé (qian2 yang3 hou4 he2)
- Traditional: 前仰後合
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 大家笑得前仰后合。
  Dàjiā xiào de qiányǎnghòuhé.
  Everyone laughed so hard they rocked back and forth.

## Characters

- [前](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-front/) (qián): front; before
- [仰](https://hanziro.com/word/yang-look-up/) (yǎng): to look up; to face upward
- [后](https://hanziro.com/word/hou-after/) (hòu): after; behind
- [合](https://hanziro.com/word/he-close/) (hé): to close; to join

https://hanziro.com/word/qian-yang-hou-he-rock-back-and/

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