哗 huá
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
哗然
huárán
in an uproar; shocked uproar
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这项调查报告一公布，行业内外一片哗然。 Zhè xiàng diàochá bàogào yì gōngbù, hángyè nèiwài yí piàn huárán. As soon as the investigation report was released, people inside and outside the industry were in an uproar.
- 消息传出以后，全班同学一片哗然。 Xiāoxi chuán chū yǐhòu, quán bān tóngxué yí piàn huárán. After the news got out, the whole class was in an uproar.
- 听到价格上涨的消息，顾客们顿时哗然。 Tīngdào jiàgé shàngzhǎng de xiāoxi, gùkèmen dùnshí huárán. On hearing that prices were going up, the customers were instantly in an uproar.