"嗬" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /hɔː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: ho² [Cantonese, Jyutping], hó [Cantonese, Yale], ho² [Cantonese, Pinyin], ho² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Possibly from the fusion of 係/系 (hai6, “to be, yes”) + 哦 (o2, “interjection/particle expressing doubt or uncertainty”) (Chor et al., 2016). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|係|hai6|to be, yes}} 係/系 (hai6, “to be, yes”), {{zh-l|哦|o2|interjection/particle expressing doubt or uncertainty}} 哦 (o2, “interjection/particle expressing doubt or uncertainty”), {{zh-ref|Chor et al., 2016}} Chor et al., 2016 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 嗬
  1. (Cantonese) Sentence-final particle used in an interrogative seeking confirmation. Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-嗬-zh-character-h2zqe90O Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Cantonese particles, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese particles

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 嗬 meaning in Chinese (2.1kB)

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          "english": "You're attending the party this evening, right?",
          "ref": "你今晚會出席個晚會㗎嗬? [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "你今晚会出席个晚会㗎嗬? [Cantonese, simp.]\nnei⁵ gam¹ maan⁵ wui⁵ ceot¹ zik⁶ go³ maan⁵ wui⁶⁻² gaa³ ho²? [Jyutping]",
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          "text": "你今晚会出席个晚会㗎嗬? [Cantonese, simp.]\nnei⁵ gam¹ maan⁵ wui⁵ ceot¹ zik⁶ go³ maan⁵ wui⁶⁻² gaa³ ho²? [Jyutping]",
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