嘻嘻哈哈

Chinese

		happy; cheerful; gleeful happy; cheerful; gleeful; hee-hee; haha	the sound of someone laughing out loud; the sound of someone laughing out loud
simp. and trad. (嘻嘻哈哈)		嘻嘻	哈哈
alternative forms		唏唏哈哈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxīhāhā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄚ ㄏㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ hei¹ haa¹ haa¹, hi¹ hi¹ haa¹ haa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi-hi ha-ha

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxīhāhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄚ ㄏㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisihaha
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsi¹-ha¹-ha¹
    • Yale: syī-syī-hā-hā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishihaha
    • Palladius: сисихаха (sisixaxa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ hei¹ haa¹ haa¹, hi¹ hi¹ haa¹ haa¹
    • Yale: hēi hēi hā hā, hī hī hā hā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ hei¹ haa¹ haa¹, hi¹ hi¹ haa¹ haa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ héi¹ ha¹ ha¹, hi¹ hi¹ ha¹ ha¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ hei̯⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵/, /hiː⁵⁵ hiː⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-hi ha-ha
    • Tâi-lô: hi-hi ha-ha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hi'hy ha'haf
    • IPA (Singapore): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁴⁴⁻²² ha⁴⁴⁻²² ha⁴⁴/

Adjective

嘻嘻哈哈

1. (ideophonic, of people) laughing and joking; laughing and talking happily; cheerful
2. (ideophonic, of people) not having a serious attitude; facetious; frivolous

Derived terms

• 嘻哈 (xīhā)