哈哈

哈哈

Chinese

		onomatopoeic representation of laughter	onomatopoeic representation of laughter
simp. and trad. (哈哈)		哈	哈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāhā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄏㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ haa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ha-ha

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hāhā → hāha (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄏㄚ → ㄏㄚ ˙ㄏㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ha.ha
    • IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵/ → /xä⁵⁵ xä²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ haa¹
    • Yale: hā hā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ haa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ ha¹
    • IPA ^(key): /häː⁵⁵ häː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha-ha
    • Tâi-lô: ha-ha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ha'haf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha⁴⁴⁻²² ha⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha³³ ha³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ha⁴⁴⁻²² ha⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ ha⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ ha⁴⁴/

Adjective

哈哈

1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of someone laughing out loud

   哈哈鏡 / 哈哈镜  ―  hāhājìng  ―  funny mirror

Adverb

哈哈

1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of someone laughing out loud

   哈哈笑  ―  hāhā xiào  ―  to laugh out loud

   哈哈笑 [Taiwanese]  ―  ha-ha-chhiò [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to laugh out loud

Usage notes

• In Internet slang, it is often written as a series of h’s, like hhhh.

Derived terms

哈哈兒／哈哈儿 哈哈大笑 哈哈笑 (hāhāxiào) 哈哈鏡／哈哈镜 (hāhājìng) 唏唏哈哈 嘻嘻哈哈 (xīxīhāhā)

忙哈哈 打哈哈 (dǎhāha) 笑哈哈 (xiàohāhā) 苦哈哈 赤赤哈哈