哈欠

Chinese

		onomatopoeic representation of laughter	deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
simp. and trad. (哈欠)		哈	欠

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāqiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ him³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hāqiàn → hāqian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˋ → ㄏㄚ ˙ㄑㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: haciån
    • Wade–Giles: ha¹-chʻien⁵
    • Yale: hā-chyan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ha.chiann
    • Palladius: хацянь (xacjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /xä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ him³
    • Yale: hā him
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ him³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ him³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ hiːm³³/

Noun

哈欠

1. yawn

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 哈唏

Derived terms

• 打哈欠 (dǎ hāqian)

 

See also

• 呵欠 (hēqiàn)