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呵
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- 呵
- hē · scold; laughing sound; yawn
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 13 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
aa3 · ho1 · ho2 · o1
Cantonese word readings for 呵. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 訶 /诃 (hē, “to berate; to scold”)
- to shout; to cry out
- to cherish; to treasure; to protect
- (onomatopoeia) Sound of laughing.
- Exclamation particle for expressing surprise.
- (dialectal) to smoke (tobacco)
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- to expel breath; to slowly breathe out
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- Used in transcription.
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 哈 (“to bend over”)
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 啊 (exclamation particle)
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 啊 (modal particle)
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- (dialectal) to cheat; to deceive
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- (Cantonese) alternative form of 嗬 (ho²)
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