呵欠

Chinese

		expel breath; my goodness; (phonetic particle)	deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
simp. and trad. (呵欠)		呵	欠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hēqiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜㄑㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹ him³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hēqiàn → hēqian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜㄑㄧㄢˋ → ㄏㄜ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he.chiann
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /xɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho¹ him³
  - Yale: hō him
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹ him³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho¹ him³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵ hiːm³³/

Noun

呵欠

yawn

Derived terms

打呵欠 (dǎhāqiàn)

See also

哈欠 (hēqiàn)

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