嗨哟

嗨喲

hāiyō

interjection #35,347

Meanings

1 heave-ho!
2 yo-heave-ho (collective exertion shout)
3 the cry workers make when pulling or lifting together

Characters

yo / oh (exclamation)

Examples

HSK 2

工人们一起喊：嗨哟，嗨哟！

Gōngrén men yìqǐ hǎn: Hāiyō, hāiyō!

The workers shouted together: Heave-ho, heave-ho!

HSK 6

嗨哟，嗨哟，大家加把劲！

Hāiyō, hāiyō, dàjiā jiābǎjìn!

Heave-ho, everyone push harder!

Tips

culture

Onomatopoeia for the shouts of group manual labor - pulling boats, lifting timbers, hauling rope. Closely associated with the 黄河船夫曲 (Yellow River Boatmen's Song) and labor folk songs. Closest English equivalents: 'heave-ho', 'yo-heave-ho'.

Stroke Order

嗨 hāi

哟 yō