乱哄哄

亂哄哄

luànhōnghōng

adjective #33,199

Meanings

Jiàoshì lǐ luànhōnghōng de, lǎoshī yí jìnlái jiù ānjìng le.

The classroom was in an uproar, but it quieted down as soon as the teacher walked in.

Shìchǎng lǐ luànhōnghōng de, dàochù dōu shì rén.

The market was noisy and chaotic, with people everywhere.

grammar

Reduplicated -哄哄 is a vivid descriptive suffix (ABB pattern) that paints a sensory scene. It almost always takes 的 when used predicatively: 乱哄哄的.

乱 luàn

哄 hǒng