哈 (hā): abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan, abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Harbin, (interj.) ha!
哈 (hā) is a Chinese character meaning “(interj.) ha!.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 合 (phonetic). It ranks #713 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 哈 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan
- abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Harbin
- (interj.) ha!
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哈哈adjective | hā hā | (onom.) laughing out loud |
| 哈里proper-noun | hā lǐ | Harry or Hari (name) |
| 哈利proper-noun | hā lì | Harry |
| 曼哈顿proper-noun | màn hā dùn | Manhattan island |
| 哈罗interjection | hā luó | hello (loanword) |
| 哈佛proper-noun | hā fó | Harvard |
| 哈罗德 | hā luó dé | Harold, Harald, Harrod (name) |
| 哈利路亚 | hā lì lù yà | (loanword) hallelujah |
| 哈瓦那proper-noun | hā wǎ nà | Havana, capital of Cuba |
| 巴哈马proper-noun | bā hā mǎ | the Bahamas |
| 奥马哈proper-noun | ào mǎ hā | Omaha |
| 哈勃 | hā bó | Hubble (name) |
| 哈姆雷特 | hā mǔ léi tè | Hamlet (name) |
| 打哈欠verb | dǎ hā qian | to yawn |
| 哈桑proper-noun | hā sāng | Hassan or Hasan (personal name or place name) |
哈 appears in 102 compound words: 69 as the first character, 16 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 哈 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (21)
a transliteration of the Arabic male given name and surname أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad), Ahmad
to uncritically and enthusiastically support someone; (specifically) to be excessively but superficially obsequious
to uncritically and enthusiastically support someone; (specifically) to be excessively but superficially obsequious
a transliteration of the Arabic male given name and surname أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad), Ahmad
Showing 12 of 21 idioms containing 哈.
Example Sentences
请哈下这杯茶，解解渴再继续工作。
qǐng hā xià zhè bēi chá , xiè xiè kě zài jì xù gōng zuò .
Please have a sip of this tea to quench your thirst before continuing your work.
再创新高 哈尔滨机场单日旅客吞吐量101608人次
zài chuàng xīn gāo hā ěr bīn jī chǎng dān rì lǚ kè tūn tǔ liàng 1 0 1 6 0 8 rén cì
Harbin Airport handled 101608 passengers in a single day
...国平:国盟权力重排,慕尤丁“退而不休”,哈迪“退而不离”?
. . . guó píng : guó méng quán lì chóng pái , mù yóu dīng tuì ér bù xiū , hā dí tuì ér bù lí ?
... Guoping: The BN power rearrangement, Muhyiddin "retreats", Hadi "retreats"?
哈芝芝:政府与社团合作 保障沙福祉与稳定发...
hā zhī zhī : zhèng fǔ yǔ shè tuán gě zuò bǎo zhàng shā fú 祉 yǔ wěn dìng fā . . .
Hajiji: The government and associations cooperate to ensure the well-being and stable development of the sand...
机车擦撞南横瓦筏哈桥护栏 骑士摔落送医仍不治
jī chē cā zhuàng nán héng wǎ 筏 hā qiáo hù lán qí shì shuāi luò sòng yī réng bù zhì
The locomotive collided with the guardrail of the Ha Bridge on the South Hengwa Raft, and the rider fell and was sent to the hospital and still died
...地变身水耕农场 吉新文英成功种出日本网纹哈密瓜
. . . dì biàn shēn shuǐ gēng nóng chǎng jí xīn wén yīng chéng gōng zhǒng chū rì běn wǎng wén hā mì guā
... The land is transformed into a hydroponic farm Ji Xin Wenying successfully planted Japanese reticulated cantaloupe
你买了一个哈密瓜？
Nǐ mǎi le yī gè hāmìguā?
Have you bought a cantaloupe?
我爸爸是哈佛大学毕业的。
Wǒ bàba shì Hāfó Dàxué bìyè de.
My father graduated from Harvard University.
据说《哈姆雷特》是写出来的最有意思的剧本。
Jùshuō 《 Hāmǔléitè 》 shì xiě chūlái de zuì yǒu yìsi de jùběn.
It is said that "Hamlet" is the most interesting play ever written.
他的话把大家惹得哈哈大笑。
Tā dehuà bǎ dàjiā rě de hāhādàxiào.
His words set everybody roaring with laughter.
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