嘻哈

Chinese

		laugh; giggle	onomatopoeic representation of laughter
simp. and trad. (嘻哈)		嘻	哈

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English hip hop. Both 嘻 (xī) and 哈 (hā) are interjections of grief or surprise; compare 嘻嘻哈哈 (xīxīhāhā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīhā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄏㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ haa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄏㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siha
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-ha¹
    • Yale: syī-hā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiha
    • Palladius: сиха (sixa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ haa¹
    • Yale: hēi hā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ haa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ ha¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵/

Noun

嘻哈

1. (music) hip-hop

   嘻哈音樂／嘻哈音乐  ―  xīhā yīnyuè  ―  hip-hop music

   嘻哈歌手  ―  xīhā gēshǒu  ―  hip-hop singer

See also

• 饒舌／饶舌 (ráoshé)