What Does HA HA HA HA HA HA Mean in Chinese?

What is HA HA HA HA HA HA in Chinese?

在中文里的含义[zhōng wén hán yì]

To know what does HA HA HA HA HA HA mean in Chinese, or HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA, you'd better get to know a shorter Chinese word of ha-ha at first, which is one of the most popular words appeared in daily communications or on China's social network.

了解 HA HA HA HA HA HA 或者 HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA 在中文里的含义，得先从一个简短的中文词语“哈哈”开始。“哈哈”是日常交流和社交网络中很常见的汉语词语之一。

In Chinese language, the phrase HA HA HA HA HA HA can be viewed as a three-time recurring of the word HA-HA, turned into a two-character Chinese word 哈哈. Then comes a question. What is Ha-Ha? And what does Ha-ha mean in Chinese?

在中文里，HA HA HA HA HA HA 对应的表达可看作是将中文里的“哈哈”一词重复了三次的结果。那么，问题来了。什么是“哈哈”？哈哈在中文里是什么意思？

What Does HA-HA Mean in Chinese?

中文里的“哈哈”一词 [hā hā]

The word ha-ha, written as 哈哈 with a pronounciation of (hā hā) and first flat tone, is a popular mimetic word for a roar of laughter, to describe the big laugh sound of the human. You can take it as LOL (laughing out loud) in Chinese.

Ha-ha，中文写作“哈哈”，中文发音为一声调的“hā hā”，是中文里的常见的一种拟声词，用来形容人大笑的声音。你可以把它看作是中文里的 LOL 。

Next, we have a commonly-used Chinese idiom 哈哈大笑 (hā hā dà xiào), to describe the appearance of laughing out loudly. From the word makeup，The first two-character word 哈哈 ha-ha implies the sound of laughter, while the latter two-character word 大笑 indicate a smiling face full of happiness.

继而有“哈哈大笑”这样的常用汉语成语，指人开怀大笑的样子，形容非常开心。从词语构成来看，前两个汉字组成的“哈哈”一词表示笑声，而后两字词“大笑”指向脸上开心的笑容。

In Chinese, it is common to double or triple in mimetic characters or words to imitate continuous sound, help to get a vivid sense of the sound and strengthen the feelings for listeners. For example, there are popular words like 哈哈哈 for ha-ha-ha, 哈哈哈哈 for ha-ha-ha-ha, or even more recurring as 哈哈哈哈哈哈 for ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, etc. And there's not any limitations on the number of such a mimetic word repeating.

中文里还常常以重叠的方式将拟声词重复两或三次出现，来模仿连续发出的声音，有助于带来鲜明生动的听觉效果并增强听者感受。例如，这类常见的叠字拟声词有“哈哈哈”，“哈哈哈哈”，甚至重叠多次出现的“哈哈哈哈哈哈”，等等。并且，对这类叠字拟声词重复出现的次数没有任何限制。

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