哈哈
Chinese
| onomatopoeic representation of laughter | onomatopoeic representation of laughter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (哈哈) |
哈 | 哈 | |
| alternative forms | ㄏㄏ slang | ||
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hāhā → hāha (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄏㄚ → ㄏㄚ ˙ㄏㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: hahå
- Wade–Giles: ha1-ha5
- Yale: hā-ha
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ha.ha
- Palladius: хаха (xaxa)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵/ → /xä⁵⁵ xä²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haa1 haa1
- Yale: hā hā
- Cantonese Pinyin: haa1 haa1
- Guangdong Romanization: ha1 ha1
- Sinological IPA (key): /haː⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (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/
- (Hokkien)
Adjective
哈哈
Adverb
哈哈
- (onomatopoeia) the sound of someone laughing out loud
- 哈哈笑 ― hāhā xiào ― to laugh out loud
- 哈哈笑 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― ha-ha-chhiò [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to laugh out loud
Usage notes
- In Internet slang, it is often written with the initialism, i.e. a series of h’s in Mainland China or a series of ㄏ in Taiwan, like hhhh or ㄏㄏㄏㄏ.
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
Noun
哈哈
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 胸罩 (“bra; brassiere”) [map]