唏唏

Chinese

		sound of sobbing	sound of sobbing
simp. and trad. (唏唏)		唏	唏
alternative forms		嘻嘻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹ hi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: syī-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishi
    • Palladius: сиси (sisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 兮兮 嘻嘻 夕夕 昔昔 栖栖 西溪 西西 恓恓 淅淅

• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hi¹ hi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi hi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi³³⁻²³ hi³³/

Suffix

唏唏

1. (onomatopoeia) laughing sound
   • 1947, “新造燭心記全歌”, in 《潮州歌曲選》, page 34:

     瑞朋答應笑唏唏/我亦欲去到京機 [Teochew, trad.]
     瑞朋答应笑唏唏/我亦欲去到京机 [Teochew, simp.]

     sui⁶ pêng⁵ dab⁴ êng³ ciê³ hi¹ hi¹ / ua² ia⁷ ain³ ke³ gao³ gian¹ gi¹ [Peng'im]

     Sui6-pêng5 answered with a laugh / I am also going to the capital