WordTaiwan frequency #23,945
哄堂大笑
ㄏㄨㄥ ㄊㄤˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
“describing a group of people bursting into laughter together; a room erupting in collective laughter”
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哄
ㄏㄨㄥˇ
To coax or amuse a child; to deceive or trick someone; a loud noise or uproar; the sound of laughter.
堂
ㄊㄤˊ
A large room or hall; a government office or ancestral hall; a specific room for a purpose; a term for paternal cousins; classifier for sets or lessons.
大
ㄉㄚˋ
Big; large; great; vast; elder; eldest; important; profound; to a great extent; to emphasize; (dialect) father or uncle.
笑
ㄒㄧㄠˋ
To laugh or smile; to laugh at or mock someone; a polite term used when giving a gift.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 大陸ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋmainland China (in Taiwan usage); continent; mainland (as opposed to islands or coastal areas).
- 大家ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚeveryone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent family
- 大學ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊuniversity; college; institution of higher education; the Great Learning, a Confucian classic; in ancient times, a school for adult education
- 大概ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄞˋroughly; approximately; about; probably; general idea; rough estimate
- 大量ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋlarge quantity; great amount; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous; (Taiwan) big capacity for alcohol
- 重大ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋgreat; important; major; significant; of great consequence or seriousness
- 擴大ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋto expand; to enlarge; to broaden in scope; to scale up; to extend one's reach
- 大人ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊadult; grownup; a respectful title for elders, parents, or superiors; historically, a tribal chief in some northern peoples.
- 大型ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊlarge; large-scale; of great size or scale; major; big
- 台大ㄊㄞˊ ㄉㄚˋNational Taiwan University (NTU); Taiwan's top public research university in Taipei.
- 大部分ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣˋthe greater part; the majority; most.
- 大眾ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋthe masses; the general public; popular (of music, science, etc.); Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer)