哗 (huā): (onom.) bang, clang, sound of gurgling, splashing or flowing water
哗 (huā) is a Chinese character meaning “(onom.) bang.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 华 (phonetic). It ranks #2402 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 哗 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- (onom.) bang
- clang
- sound of gurgling, splashing or flowing water
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哗众取宠phrase | huá zhòng qǔ chǒng | sensationalism |
| 喧哗verb | xuān huá | hubbub |
| 哗啦 | huā lā | (onom.) sound of a crash |
| 哗哗noun | huā huā | sound of gurgling water |
| 哗然adjective | huá rán | in uproar |
| 哗啦啦interjection | huā lā lā | (onom.) crashing sound |
| 哗变verb | huá biàn | mutiny |
| 哗啦一声 | huā lā yī shēng | with a crash |
| 哗儿哗儿 | huá r huá r | (dialect) sound used to call cats |
| 稀里哗啦adjective | xī li huā lā | (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc) |
| 唏里哗啦 | xī li huā lā | variant of 稀里嘩啦|稀里哗啦 |
| 哗笑 | huá xiào | uproarious laughter |
| 喧哗与骚动 | xuān huá yǔ sāo dòng | The Sound and the Fury (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳) |
| 稀哩哗啦 | xī li huā lā | variant of 稀里嘩啦|稀里哗啦 |
| 唏哩哗啦 | xī li huā lā | variant of 稀里嘩啦|稀里哗啦 |
哗 appears in 15 compound words: 60 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 哗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 哗.
Example Sentences
他哗才很好，能言善辩，是个出色的律师。
tā huā cái hěn hǎo , néng yán shàn biàn , shì gě chū sè de lǜ shī .
He's very eloquent, a skilled debater, and an outstanding lawyer.
那天，我一个人在车里哭得稀里哗啦。
nà tiān , wǒ yī gè rén zài chē lǐ kū dé xī lǐ huā lā .
That day, I was sitting alone in the car, crying my eyes out.
“唇枪舌剑”二十载 北京人艺二代《哗变》将迎百场演出
chún qiāng shé jiàn èr shí zài běi jīng rén yì èr dài huā biàn jiāng yíng bǎi chǎng yǎn chū
Twenty Years of “Verbal Sparring”: The Second Generation of the Beijing People’s Art Theater’s *The Mutiny* Is Set to Reach Its 100th Performance
约2200年后，这块石头被后人发现，引发一场喧腾的学术争鸣，众网民也喧哗其间。
yuē 2 2 0 0 nián hòu , zhè kuài shí tóu bèi hòu rén fā xiàn , yǐn fā yī chǎng xuān téng de xué shù zhēng míng , zhòng wǎng mín yě xuān huā qí jiān .
About 2,200 years later, this stone was discovered by later generations, sparking a heated academic debate, with netizens also joining in the commotion.
桃猿3球员深夜喧哗惹议 球团罚款惩处并严正告诫
táo 猿 3 qiú yuán shēn yè xuān huā rě yì qiú tuán fá kuǎn chéng chǔ bìng yán zhèng gào jiè
Three Lamigo Monkeys players face backlash for late-night disturbance; team imposes fines and issues stern warnings
Character Family
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