哈哈

Chinese

		onomatopoeic representation of laughter	onomatopoeic representation of laughter
simp. and trad. (哈哈)		哈	哈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hāhā

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄚㄏㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ haa¹
Min Nan (POJ): ha-ha

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hāhā → hāha (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄚㄏㄚ → ㄏㄚ ˙ㄏㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ha.ha
  - IPA ^(key): /xa̠⁵⁵ xa̠⁵⁵/ → /xa̠⁵⁵ xa̠²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa¹ haa¹
  - Yale: hā hā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ haa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ ha¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑː⁵⁵ hɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/

Adjective

哈哈

(onomatopoeia) the sound of someone laughing out loud
哈哈鏡 / 哈哈镜 ― hāhājìng ― funny mirror

Adverb

哈哈

(onomatopoeia) the sound of someone laughing out loud
哈哈笑 ― hāhā xiào ― to laugh out loud

哈哈笑 [Taiwanese] ― ha-ha-chhiò [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to laugh out loud

Usage notes

In Internet slang, it is often written as a series of h’s, like hhhh.

Derived terms

哈哈兒／哈哈儿
哈哈大笑
哈哈笑 (hāhāxiào)
哈哈鏡／哈哈镜 (hāhājìng)
唏唏哈哈
嘻嘻哈哈 (xīxīhāhā)

忙哈哈
打哈哈 (dǎhāha)
笑哈哈 (xiàohāhā)
苦哈哈
赤赤哈哈

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