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

  (Pinyin): hāhā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄏㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ haa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ha-ha

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• 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/
• 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/
• 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/

Adjective

哈哈

1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of someone laughing out loud

   哈哈鏡／哈哈镜  ―  hāhājìng  ―  funny mirror

Adverb

哈哈

1. (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

• 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
• 笑呵呵 (xiàohēhē)
• 笑哈哈 (xiàohāhā)
• 苦哈哈 (kǔhāhā)
• 赤赤哈哈

 

Pronunciation 2

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ha-ha

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹ha-ha
    • MiniDict: ha^平 ha
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ha-ha
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ha⁵⁵ ha²¹/

Noun

哈哈

1. (Shanghainese, humorous) bra; brassiere

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 胸罩 (“bra; brassiere”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		胸罩, 乳罩, 文胸
Mandarin	Beijing	乳罩, 乳罩兒, 奶罩兒
	Taiwan	胸罩, 奶罩
	Tianjin	乳罩兒
	Langfang	乳罩
	Chengde	乳罩
	Tangshan	乳罩, 乳罩兒
	Cangzhou	乳罩兒
	Baoding	乳罩兒
	Shijiazhuang	乳罩, 乳罩兒
	Daming	乳罩兒
	Chifeng	乳罩
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	乳罩
	Heihe	乳罩
	Qiqihar	乳罩兒
	Harbin	乳罩兒
	Jiamusi	乳罩
	Baicheng	乳罩
	Changchun	乳罩
	Tonghua	乳罩
	Shenyang	乳罩
	Dandong	乳罩兒, 奶繃子
	Jinzhou	乳罩兒
	Dalian	奶繃子
	Yantai	乳罩兒
	Qingdao	乳罩
	Lijin	乳罩
	Zhucheng	乳罩
	Jinan	乳罩
	Jining	乳罩
	Wanrong	奶罩
	Shangqiu	乳罩
	Yuanyang	乳罩
	Zhengzhou	奶罩兒
	Lingbao	奶罩兒
	Xinyang	乳罩, 奶罩
	Baihe	乳罩
	Hanzhong	乳罩
	Xi'an	乳罩
	Baoji	乳罩, 奶罩
	Yinchuan	胸罩
	Tianshui	乳罩
	Lanzhou	乳罩, 奶罩
	Dunhuang	乳罩
	Xining	乳罩
	Hami	乳罩
	Ürümqi	乳罩
	Wuhan	乳罩, 胸罩
	Yichang	乳罩
	Xiangyang	乳罩
	Tianmen	奶罩
	Hong'an	胸罩
	Chengdu	胸罩
	Nanchong	乳罩, 胸罩
	Dazhou	乳罩, 胸罩
	Hanyuan	胸罩
	Xichang	乳罩
	Zigong	乳罩, 胸罩
	Chongqing	乳罩
	Guiyang	乳罩, 胸罩
	Zunyi	乳罩
	Bijie	乳罩
	Liping	乳罩
	Zhaotong	乳罩
	Dali	奶罩
Kunming	乳罩
Mengzi	胸罩
Guilin	奶罩
Liuzhou	乳罩, 奶罩
Jishou	乳罩
Changde	乳罩
Anqing	乳罩, 胸罩
Xuzhou	乳罩, 胸罩
Fuyang	乳罩, 胸罩
Wuhu	奶罩子
Yangzhou	乳罩
Lianyungang	乳罩
Lianshui	奶罩子
Nanjing	胸罩
Hefei	胸罩
Nantong	胸罩, 奶罩
Singapore	胸罩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	胸圍, 文胸, 𢆡罩
	Hong Kong	胸圍, 波罩 informal, 奶罩, bra, 薄lock
Gan	Pingxiang	奶罩
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	奶菇帕仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	袷仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	奶帕仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	奶帕仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	奶袷仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	奶裌仔, 奶菇裌, 奶袢仔, 布拉甲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	奶菇帕, 奶帕, 布拉甲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	奶裌仔, 布拉甲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	奶菇裌, 布拉甲
Huizhou	Shexian	奶罩, 胸罩
Jin	Taiyuan	奶繃子
	Yangyuan	乳罩兒
	Datong	乳罩, 奶罩兒
	Xinzhou	奶繃子
	Lishi	乳罩兒
	Linfen	乳罩
	Changzhi	乳罩
	Linhe	乳罩
	Jining	乳罩
	Hohhot	乳罩
	Erenhot	乳罩子
	Pingshan	乳罩兒
	Zhangjiakou	乳罩兒, 乳罩
	Handan	乳罩, 乳罩兒, 奶罩
	Linzhou	乳罩
	Suide	奶罩兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	胸套, 奶套, 奶帕
	Quanzhou	胸套
	Zhangzhou	胸套, 奶套
	Taipei	內䘥仔, 奶帕仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	奶帕仔, 內衫, 內䘥仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	奶帕仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	奶帕仔
	Kaohsiung	布拉甲, 內䘥仔, 內衫, 奶仔帕
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	奶帕仔, 奶仔帕
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	奶帕仔, 奶䘥仔, 布拉甲, 內衫, 內䘥仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	奶帕仔, 奶䘥仔, 布拉甲, 內衫, 內䘥仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	奶帕仔, 布拉甲, 內衫
	Yilan	䘥仔, 內䘥仔, 奶帕仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	奶帕仔, 內䘥仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	內䘥仔, 奶帕仔
	Taichung	奶帕仔, 內䘥仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	內底䘥仔
	Tainan	䘥仔, 布拉甲, 內䘥仔, 內衫, 奶帕仔, 奶仔帕
	Tainan (Anping)	奶仔帕, 布拉甲, 䘥仔
	Taitung	奶帕仔
	Hsinchu	奶帕仔, 布拉甲, 內䘥仔
	Kinmen	奶罩, 奶䘥仔
	Penghu (Magong)	奶帕, 內䘥仔, 布拉甲
	Penghu (Xiyu)	奶帕仔, 內䘥仔
	Haifeng	乳罩, 文胸, 底衫仔, 底衫, 奶罩
Wu	Shanghai	胸罩, 奶罩, 文胸, 內在美, 哈哈, 兩喇叭 slang
	Suzhou	胸罩, 奶罩
	Wenzhou	奶罩
Xiang	Loudi	箍身子