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嘻哈

嘻哈

Chinese

		laugh; giggle	a Pekinese; a pug; laughter a Pekinese; a pug; laughter; yawn
simp. and trad. (嘻哈)		嘻	哈

Noun

嘻哈

hip hop

See also

饒舌／饶舌 (ráoshé)

References

嘻哈 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
hip hop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English hip hop. Both 嘻 (xī) and 哈 (hā) are interjections of grief or surprise.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīhā

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄏㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ haa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīhā
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄏㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiha
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xa̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹ haa¹
  - Yale: hēi hā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ haa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ hɑː⁵⁵/