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呵

hē

HSK 6 Character

What 呵 means

1. bound formto scold
2. to expel breath
3. onomatopoeialaughter (usu. reduplicated)
4. interjection of surprise

Other readings

呵 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• āvariant of {啊|ā}

Example sentences

• 我始终不能理解看足球的乐趣，呵呵。
  Wǒ shǐzhōng bù néng lǐjiě kàn zúqiú de lèqù, hēhē.
  I have never been able to understand the joy of watching soccer, haha.
• 请小心地呵护两人之间的感情。也许当你认为只是一个玩笑时，却真真切切地伤了对方的心。
  Qǐng xiǎoxīn de hēhù liǎng rén zhījiān de gǎnqíng. yěxǔ dāng nǐ rènwéi zhǐshì yī gè wánxiào shí, què zhēnzhēn qièqiè de shāng le duìfāng de xīn.
  Be mindful of your actions when in a relationship.What may seem playful to you could really be harmful to your partner.
• 不，说真的，一点也不；但要循着合理的推论、凭着适度的谨慎 / 跟随他到那里，就像这样：亚历山大死了，/ 亚历山大被埋葬了，亚历山大化为尘土；尘土是 / 泥土；用泥土我们制作黏土；那么为什么那堆黏土（他 / 所化成的）不能用来塞一个啤酒桶呢？/ 威严的凯撒，死后化为黏土，/ 或可堵住一个洞，挡住风的侵入。/ 呵，那曾令世界战栗的泥土 / 如今竟用来修补墙壁，抵御冬日的寒风！
  No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty / enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, / Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is / earth; of earth we make loam; and why of that loam (whereto he / was converted) might they not stop a beer barrel? / Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, / Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. / O, that that earth which kept the world in awe / Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!

Words starting with 呵

• 呵呵hē hē(onomatopoeia) gentle laughter; chuckle
• 呵护hē hùto bless; to cherish; to take good care of
• 呵斥hē chìto berate; to excoriate; to chide
• 呵欠hē qiànyawn
• 呵喝hē hèto shout loudly; to bellow; to berate
• 呵禁hē jìnto berate; to shout loudly
• 呵谴hē qiǎnto reprimand
• 呵责hē zéto abuse; to berate
• 呵叱hē chìvariant of 呵斥

Words containing 呵

• 乐呵呵lè hē hēhappily; giddily
• 一气呵成yī qì hē chéngto do something at one go; to flow smoothly
• 打呵欠dǎ hē qiànto yawn
• 叱呵chì hēto shout angrily; to yell
• 谴呵qiǎn hēvariant of 谴诃

Characters built on 可

These share the phonetic component 可 (kě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 何héwhat; how; why
• 哥gēelder brother
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 柯kē(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
• 苛kēsevere; exacting
• 珂kējade-like stone
• 诃hēto scold
• 钶kēcolumbium

Characters that look like 呵

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 何héwhat; how; why
• 坷kēused in 坷垃

Sounds the same

Read hē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 喝to drink; variant of 嗬
• 嗬(interjection expressing surprise) oh!; wow!
• 诃to scold
• 蠚to sting
• 欱variant of 喝