哈唏

Chinese

		onomatopoeic representation of laughter	sound of sobbing
simp. and trad. (哈唏)		哈	唏
alternative forms		哈肺

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hà-hi / há-hi / hah-hì / hah-hǐ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hà-hi
  - Tâi-lô: hà-hi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: harhy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha²¹⁻⁵³ hi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: há-hi
  - Tâi-lô: há-hi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hafhy
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /ha⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hi³³/
- (Hokkien: Tong'an, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hah-hì
  - Tâi-lô: hah-hì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hahhix
  - IPA (Tainan): /ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hi¹¹/
  - IPA (Tong'an): /ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁴ hi¹¹²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hi²¹/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hi¹²/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hah-hǐ
  - Tâi-lô: hah-hǐ
  - IPA (Lukang): /ha(ʔ)⁵⁻⁵³ hi³³/

Verb

哈唏

(Southern Min) to yawn

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打呵欠 (“to yawn”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打呵欠
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	打呵欠, 打哈欠, 打哈赤
	Taiwan	打呵欠, 打哈欠
	Harbin	打哈涕
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	打哈吸
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打哈氣
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	打哈閃兒
	Xi'an	張口兒, 打呵獻
	Xuzhou	打哈哈, 打呵神
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	打哈吸
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	打呵欠
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	打呵害
	Wuhan	打呵獻
	Guiyang	打呵亥, 打呵鼾, 打呵獻
	Liuzhou	打呵先, 打火煙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	打呵欠
	Yangzhou	打歡戲
	Hefei	打張咽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打喊露
	Hong Kong	打喊露, 放蚊
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	打喊露
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	打喊囉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	打喊囉, 打呵欠
	Taishan	擘口擘鼻
	Yangjiang	呷浪
Gan	Nanchang	打呵獻
	Lichuan	打呵厭
	Pingxiang	打哈燕
Hakka	Meixian	開欠, 開花百竅
	Dabu (Xihe)	擘嘴
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	擘嘴, 打哦呵
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	打哦呵
	Nanjing (Meilin)	擘嘴
	Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang)	打哈
	Changting	打合魘
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	打哈欠
	Liancheng (Peitian)	擘口
	Liancheng (Juxi)	擘口掀鼻
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	擘口
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	打哈哈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	擘嘴
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	擘嘴
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	擘嘴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	擘嘴
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	擘嘴
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	擘嘴
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	打嗝喊, 擘嘴
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	擘嘴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	擘嘴, 擘哈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	擘嘴
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	擘哈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	擘嘴
	Hong Kong	擘囉
	Sabah (Longchuan)	擘囉
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	擘嘴
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	打阿喊
	Singkawang	擘嘴
	Bangkok (Meixian)	嘴擘擘
Huizhou	Jixi	打哈哈, 打寒睏
Jin	Taiyuan	賣張口兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	擘喙
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	擘喙
Southern Min	Xiamen	哈唏
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	哈唏
	Quanzhou	哈唏
	Zhangzhou	喝頷
	Taipei	哈唏
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	哈唏
	Kaohsiung	哈唏
	Yilan	擘哈
	Changhua (Lukang)	哈唏
	Taichung	哈唏
	Tainan	哈唏
	Kinmen	哈唏
	Penghu (Magong)	哈唏
	Penang (Hokkien)	哈唏
	Manila (Hokkien)	哈唏
	Chaozhou	喝戲
	Shantou	喝戲
	Haikou	哈噓
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	拍喊露
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	打哈浪
Wu	Shanghai	打呵晞
	Shanghai (Chongming)	打花海
	Suzhou	打呵獻
	Hangzhou	打呼西, 打呵欠
	Ningbo	打呵酣
	Wenzhou	打睏瞌
	Jinhua	打欠
Xiang	Changsha	打呵信
Xiang	Shuangfeng	打呵獻

References

“哈唏”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.