哈哈

hāhā
interjection HSK 3 #2,498

Meanings

  1. 1 haha (laughter)
  2. 2 ha ha

Characters

Onomatopoeia for hearty laughter. Both characters contain (mouth) - laughter comes from the mouth.

Examples

HSK 1
Tā hāhā dàxiào.
He laughed out loud.
HSK 3
Hāhā, wǒ zhōngyú bǎ zhè dào tí zuò chūlái le!
Haha, I finally solved this problem!
HSK 7-9
Hāhā, tài hǎoxiào le!
Haha, that's hilarious!

Tips

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

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