How to Say ‘Cheer people up’ in Traditional Chinese
哄人開心
hǒng rén kāi xīn
[hohng ren kai shin]
💬 Usage Tip: [哄人開心] follows a useful pattern: verb + person + result, here [哄] + [人] + [開心]. You can build similar lines like [逗我笑] or [弄她生氣].
Phrase Breakdown
哄人
hǒng rén
to coax; to flatter; to cheer someone up
Means trying to please or appease someone, often with spoken words.
他會哄人。
He knows how to coax people.
Words in this phrase
哄
hǒng
[hohng]
to coax; to charm
In this phrase, it suggests using sweet or playful words to make someone feel good.
你很會哄人開心，難怪大家都愛跟你坐一起。
You're great at making people feel good, no wonder everyone loves sitting with you.
人
rén
[ren]
person; people
Refers to the person being made happy or charmed.
你哄人開心的本事不錯，我差點就被你收買了。
Your skill at cheering people up is pretty good—I almost got won over by you.
開心
kāi xīn
[kai shin]
happy; cheerful
Shows the result of feeling happy after being cheered up or charmed.
你哄人開心得太自然了，我都不知道該不該相信。
You make people happy so naturally that I don't even know whether I should believe it.
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