Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

laughter; yawn; a Pekinese; a pug

Chinese: 笑声或语气词,也常用于音译。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ha” becomes a different word in each tone. 哈 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 哈哈hā hā(onom.) laughing out loud
  • 公哈gōng hāmale husky (dog)
  • 二哈èr hā(coll.) silly but cute husky (dog)
  • 哈达hǎ dákhata (Tibetan or Mongolian ceremonial scarf)
  • 哈拉hā lāto chat idly (Tw)

Example Sentence

听了他的话,大家哈哈大笑。Tīng le tā de huà, dà jiā hā hā dà xiào.Hearing his words, everyone burst out laughing.

Tīngto listen tole(completed action)hedeofhuàdialect大家dà jiāeveryone哈哈大笑hā hā dà xiàoto laugh heartily