紅紅火火恍恍惚惚

Chinese

		prosperous; flourishing; lively prosperous; flourishing; lively; boisterous; magnificent
trad. (紅紅火火恍恍惚惚)		紅紅火火	恍恍惚惚
simp. (红红火火恍恍惚惚)		红红火火	恍恍惚惚
Literally: “flourishing and prosperous, befuddled and stupefied”.

Etymology

All syllables of this term have an h- initial. This is one of the suggestions made by a Pinyin input method when typing “hhhhhhhh” to get 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈 (hāhāhāhāhāhāhāhā, “sound of laughter”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hónghónghuǒhuǒ huǎnghuǎnghūhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄤˇ ㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hónghónghuǒhuǒ huǎnghuǎnghūhū [Phonetic: hónghónghuóhuóhuánghuǎnghūhū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄤˇ ㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hónghónghuǒhuǒ huǎnghuǎnghuhu
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-hung²-huo³-huo³ huang³-huang³-hu¹-hu¹
    • Yale: húng-húng-hwǒ-hwǒ hwǎng-hwǎng-hū-hū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hornghornghuoohuoo hoanghoanghuhu
    • Palladius: хунхунхохо хуанхуанхуху (xunxunxoxo xuanxuanxuxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/

Interjection

紅紅火火恍恍惚惚

1. (Mainland China, Internet slang) LOL