起哄
qǐhòng
to heckle; to jeer; to make a commotion
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Example phrases
- 听证会上有人故意起哄，使原本严肃的讨论一度失控。 Tīngzhènghuì shàng yǒu rén gùyì qǐhòng, shǐ yuánběn yánsù de tǎolùn yídù shīkòng. At the hearing, someone deliberately heckled, causing the originally serious discussion to briefly lose control.
- 观众开始起哄，演出不得不暂时停下。 Guānzhòng kāishǐ qǐhòng, yǎnchū bùdébù zànshí tíngxià. The audience started to jeer, and the performance had to pause for a while.
- 孩子们在教室里起哄，吵得老师没法讲课。 Háizimen zài jiàoshì li qǐhòng, chǎo de lǎoshī méi fǎ jiǎngkè. The kids made such a racket in the classroom that the teacher couldn't give the lesson.
Related words
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ sorry, excuse me
- 起 qǐ to rise, to get up
- 起床 qǐchuáng to get up (out of bed)
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 起飞 qǐfēi to take off
- 想起 xiǎngqǐ to remember; to recall
- 看起来 kànqǐlai to look; to seem
- 看不起 kànbuqǐ to look down on
- 了不起 liǎobuqǐ amazing
- 引起 yǐnqǐ to cause
- 起到 qǐdào to play a role