呵呵

Chinese

		expel breath; my goodness; (phonetic particle)	expel breath; my goodness; (phonetic particle)
simp. and trad. (呵呵)		呵	呵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hēhē

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜㄏㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹ ho¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hēhē
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜㄏㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hehe
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ xɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho¹ ho¹
  - Yale: hō hō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹ ho¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho¹ ho¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /hɑ hɑ/▼

Rime
Character	呵
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	虎何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ha/
Li Rong	/xɑ/
Wang Li	/xɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hē

Interjection

呵呵

(onomatopoeia) sound of laughter
(onomatopoeia, ironic) sound of derisive or perfunctory laughter

Derived terms

呵呵噠／呵呵哒 (hēhēdā)
呵呵大笑 (hēhē dàxiào)

樂呵呵／乐呵呵
笑呵呵 (xiàohēhē)

Suffix

呵呵

an expressive suffix for adjectives

Derived terms

傻呵呵 (sháhēhē)
冷呵呵
怔呵呵

樂呵呵／乐呵呵
胖呵呵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呵	呵
か Hyōgaiji	か Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

呵呵 (hiragana かか, rōmaji kaka)

(literary) sound of laughter

Derived terms

呵呵大笑 (かかたいしょう) (kakataishō)

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