哈欠

哈欠

Chinese

		onomatopoeic representation of laughter	deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
simp. and trad. (哈欠)		哈	欠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāqiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ him³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hāqiàn → hāqian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˋ → ㄏㄚ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ha.chiann
    • IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵¹/ → /xä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjɛn²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ him³
    • Yale: hā him
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ him³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ him³
    • IPA ^(key): /häː⁵⁵ hiːm³³/

Noun

哈欠

1. yawn

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 哈唏

Derived terms

打哈欠 (dǎ hāqian)

See also

• 呵欠 (hēqiàn)