笑呵呵

Chinese

		laugh; smile	sound of laughter; sound of derisive or perfunctory laughter
trad. (笑呵呵)		笑	呵呵
simp. #(笑呵呵)		笑	呵呵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàohēhē

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄜ ㄏㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ ho¹ ho¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàohēhē
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄜ ㄏㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàohehe
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-ho¹-ho¹
    • Yale: syàu-hē-hē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawhehe
    • Palladius: сяохэхэ (sjaoxɛxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɤ⁵⁵ xɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ ho¹ ho¹
    • Yale: siu hō hō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ ho¹ ho¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ ho¹ ho¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ hɔː⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/

Adjective

笑呵呵

1. (ideophonic) happy and cheerful

Related terms

• 笑哈哈 (xiàohāhā)