呵呵
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (呵呵) |
呵 | 呵 | |
| alternative forms | ㄏㄏ slang | ||
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare English haha. Partly replaced by modern 哈哈 (hāhā) due to sound shift 呵 (MC xa) > 呵 (hē).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hēhē
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ ㄏㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hehe
- Wade–Giles: ho1-ho1
- Yale: hē-hē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hehe
- Palladius: хэхэ (xɛxɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɤ⁵⁵ xɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ho1 ho1
- Yale: hō hō
- Cantonese Pinyin: ho1 ho1
- Guangdong Romanization: ho1 ho1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔː⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: xa xa
Interjection
呵呵
- (onomatopoeia) sound of laughter
- 近作小詞，雖無柳七郎風味，亦自是一家。呵呵！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. late 11th century, Su Shi (蘇軾), Letter to Xianyu Zijun (《與鮮于子駿》)
- Jìn zuò xiǎocí, suīwú Liǔ Qīláng fēngwèi, yì zìshì yījiā. Hēhē! [Pinyin]
- Recently I wrote some little ci poems. Though hardly comparable to Mister Liu's style, they're in my own character. Haha!
近作小词，虽无柳七郎风味，亦自是一家。呵呵！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (onomatopoeia, ironic) sound of derisive or perfunctory laughter
Derived terms
Suffix
呵呵
- an expressive suffix for adjectives
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 呵 | 呵 |
| か Hyōgai |
か Hyōgai |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 呵々 |
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 呵呵 (MC xa xa).
First cited to a text from roughly 900 CE.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
呵呵 • (kaka)
- (literary) laughingly
- Synonyms: あはは (ahaha), からから (karakara)
Derived terms
- 呵呵然 (kakazen, “laughing”, adjective)
- 呵呵大笑 (kaka taishō, “a belly laugh, a guffaw”, noun)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN