哄抢

哄搶

hōngqiǎng

verb #60,055

Meanings

HSK 5

超市打折时，不少人哄抢鸡蛋和食用油。

Chāoshì dǎzhé shí, bùshǎo rén hōngqiǎng jīdàn hé shíyòngyóu.

When the supermarket had a sale, lots of people scrambled for eggs and cooking oil.

HSK 6

货车翻了以后，路过的人开始哄抢车上的水果。

Huòchē fān le yǐhòu, lùguò de rén kāishǐ hōngqiǎng chē shàng de shuǐguǒ.

After the lorry overturned, passers-by started grabbing the fruit it was carrying.

mistakes

哄 is read hōng here, the noise of a crowd acting together, as in 哄堂大笑 and 哄抬. It is not hǒng "to coax".

哄 hǒng

抢 qiǎng