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哈

hā

HSK 5 Character

What 哈 means

1. (interj.) ha!
2. (onom. for laughter)
3. slangto be infatuated with; to adore
4. bound formhusky (dog) (abbr. for {哈士奇|hā shì qí})

Other readings

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

• hǎa Pekinese; a pug; to scold
• Hāabbr. for {哈萨克斯坦|Hā sà kè sī tǎn}, Kazakhstan; abbr. for {哈尔滨|Hā ěr bīn}, Harbin

Example sentences

• 哈哈
  Haha.
• 哈利病重。
  Hālì bìngzhòng.
  Harry fell seriously ill.
• 哈利路亚。
  Hallelujah.
• 我爱吃哈密瓜。
  Wǒ ài chī hāmìguā.
  I like eating Kumul melons.
• 汤姆打哈欠了。
  Tom yawned.
• 他住在布哈拉。
  He lives in Bukhara.

Words starting with 哈

• 哈哈hā hā(onomatopoeia) laughing out loud
• 哈哈大笑hā hā dà xiàoto laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
• 哈利Hā lìHarry
• 哈佛Hā fóHarvard
• 哈佛大学Hā fó Dà xuéHarvard University
• 哈欠hā qianyawn
• 哈拉hā lāto chat idly (Tw)
• 哈尔滨市Hā ěr bīn ShìHarbin, sub-provincial city and capital of Heilongjiang Province 黑龙江省
• 哈达hǎ dákhata (Tibetan or Mongolian ceremonial scarf)
• 哈萨克Hā sà kèKazakh ethnic group; (Tw, HK) Kazakhstan
• 哈萨克斯坦Hā sà kè sī tǎnKazakhstan
• 哈罗hā luóhello (loanword)
• 哈马斯Hā mǎ sīHamas (radical Palestinian group)
• 哈尼hā níhoney (term of endearment) (loanword)
• 哈桑Hā sāngHassan or Hasan (personal name or place name)
• 哈巴狗hǎ bā gǒupekingese (dog); (fig.) sycophant; lackey
• 哈恩Hā ēnJaén, Spain
• 哈萨克族Hā sà kè zúKazakh ethnic group
• 哈密瓜hā mì guāHami melon (a variety of muskmelon); honeydew melon; cantaloupe
• 哈瓦那Hā wǎ nàHavana, capital of Cuba
• 哈里发hā lǐ fā(loanword) caliph; also written 哈利发
• 哈尼族Hā ní zúHani ethnic group
• 哈伯Hā bóEdwin Hubble (1889-1953), US astronomer; Fritz Haber (1868-1934), German chemist
• 哈希hā xīhash (computing); see also 散列

Words containing 哈

• 曼哈顿Màn hā dùnManhattan island; Manhattan borough of New York City
• 哥本哈根Gē běn hā gēnCopenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
• 撒哈拉Sā hā lāSahara
• 努尔哈赤Nǔ ěr hā chìNurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 后金
• 点头哈腰diǎn tóu hā yāoto nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping; unctuous fawning
• 苏哈托Sū hā tuōSuharto (1921-2008), former Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia…
• 多哈Duō hāDoha, capital of Qatar
• 打哈欠dǎ hā qianto yawn
• 亚哈Yà hāAhab (9th c. BC), King of Israel, son of Omri and husband of Jezebel, prominent figure in…
• 公哈gōng hāmale husky (dog)
• 巴哈Bā hāJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer (Tw)
• 亚哈斯Yà hā sīAhaz (son of Jotham)
• 察哈尔Chá hā ěrChahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
• 巴哈伊Bā hā yīBaha'i (religion)
• 巴哈马Bā hā mǎthe Bahamas
• 布哈拉Bù hā lāBokhara or Bukhara city in Uzbekistan
• 布哈林Bù hā línNikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (1888-1938), Soviet revolutionary theorist, executed after a…
• 打哈哈dǎ hā hato joke; to laugh insincerely; to make merry
• 马大哈mǎ dà hāa careless person; scatterbrain; frivolous and forgetful
• 勒哈费尔Lè Hā fèi ěrLe Havre (French town)
• 多哈回合Duō hā Huí héDoha Round (world trade talks that began in Doha, Qatar in 2001)
• 德令哈市Dé lìng hā ShìDelingha, a county-level city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州
• 西哈努克Xī hā nǔ kè(King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia)
• 费尔巴哈Fèi ěr bā hāLudwig Feuerbach (1804-1872), materialist philosopher

Characters built on 合

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

• 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
• 答dáto answer; to reply; to respond
• 峇bā(used in transliteration)
• 铪hāhafnium (chemistry)
• 荅dāvariant of 答

Characters that look like 哈

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

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 咯gē(phonetic)
• 呦yōuOh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦
• 呤língused in 呤呤
• 倏shūsudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù
• 拾shèto ascend in light steps

Sounds the same

Read hā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 铪hafnium (chemistry)