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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Hā | Ha1
English translation
abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦
>哈萨克斯坦 Hā sà kè sī tǎn [Hā sà kè sī tǎn], Kazakhstan
abbr. for 哈爾濱
>哈尔滨 Hā ěr bīn [Hā ěr bīn], Harbin
laughter
yawn
a Pekinese
a pug
(dialect) to scold
the sound of laughter

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口合

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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jiào 哈里 Hā lǐ kuài xiē .

Tell Harry to get a move on.

总是 zǒngshì hēng 儿哈儿 de ,就是 jiù shì shuì gōu 痛快 tòngkuài huà .

He hemmed and hawed but wouldn't say anything definite.

zuì 紧张 jǐnzhāng 刺激 cìjī de 球赛 qiú sài shì 哈佛 Hā fó duì duì 耶鲁 Yē lǔ duì .

The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.

哈克需要 xūyào 那个 nà ge , le . ”

" Huck don't need it. Huck's rich. "

发现 fāxiàn qiáo -正在 zhèngzài kěn 圣经 Shèng jīng , 便 biàn 难过 nánguò de 避开 bì kāi le zhè 扫兴 sǎo xìng 场景 chǎng jǐng .

He found Joe Harper studying a Testament, and turned sadly away from the depressing spectacle.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
(interj.) ha!
哈哈 hā hā (onom.) laughing out loud哈哈 hā hā
哈里 Hā lǐ Harry or Hari (name)哈里 Hā lǐ
哈利 Hā lì Harry哈利 Hā lì
曼哈顿 Màn hā dùn Manhattan island曼哈頓
哈佛 Hā fó Harvard哈佛 Hā fó
哈罗 hā luó hello (loanword)哈羅
哈尔滨 Hā ěr bīn Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江 Hēi lóng jiāng [Hēi​lóng​jiāng] in northeast China哈爾濱
哈罗德 Hā luó dé Harold, Harald, Harrod (name)哈囉德
多哈 Duō hā Doha, capital of Qatar多哈 Duō hā
哈马斯 Hā mǎ sī Hamas (radical Palestinian group)哈馬斯
哈萨克斯坦 Hā sà kè sī tǎn Kazakhstan哈薩克斯坦
哈尔滨市 Hā ěr bīn shì Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江 Hēi lóng jiāng [Hēi​lóng​jiāng] in northeast China哈爾濱市
哈哈大笑 hā hā dà xiào to laugh heartily哈哈大笑 hā hā dà xiào
哈瓦那 Hā wǎ nà Havana, capital of Cuba哈瓦那 Hā wǎ nà
哈利路亚 hā lì lù yà hallelujah (loanword)哈利路亞
哈勃 Hā bó Hubble (name)哈勃 Hā bó
巴哈马 Bā hā mǎ The Bahamas巴哈馬
奥马哈 Aò mǎ hā Omaha奧馬哈

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Decomposition

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