笑哈哈 (xiào hā hā) — laughingly; with a laugh; laughing heartily

Definition

An adverbial phrase describing an action done while laughing cheerfully and heartily. Pairs with 地 + verb (e.g., 笑哈哈地说) to color the manner of the verb.

adverb
laughinglywith a laughlaughing heartily

Examples

  • 笑哈哈。
    Hái zi men xiào hā hā dì pǎo jìn le gōng yuán.
    The children ran into the park laughing.
  • 笑哈哈：“。”
    Tā xiào hā hā dì shuō: "zhè ge xiào hua tài hǎo xiào le."
    He said laughingly, 'This joke is too funny.'
  • 笑哈哈。
    Lǎo rén xiào hā hā dì huí yì qǐ le nián qīng shí de qù shì.
    The old man laughingly recalled funny stories from his youth.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
艸
艸cǎo笑xiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

An early 笑 used the grass 艸 for the sound and the dog 犬 for the meaning; later it was written with 竹 and 夭.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
合
合hé哈hā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

哈 uses 口 (mouth) to show a mouth-related idea, and 合 as a sound part. The shape of 合 may look like two open mouths, but that is likely by chance.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
合
合hé哈hā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

哈 uses 口 (mouth) to show a mouth-related idea, and 合 as a sound part. The shape of 合 may look like two open mouths, but that is likely by chance.

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