In Chinese texting, the number of 哈's indicates how funny something is: 哈哈 is polite laughter, 哈哈哈哈哈 is genuinely funny. A single 哈 can sound cold or dismissive.
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Other laugh expressions: 嘻嘻 (xīxī, giggle), 呵呵 (hēhē, often sarcastic online), and the number 233 (from a meme).
