吓 (haa2 haa5 haa1 | xia4 he4) : (question tag)

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吓

haa2 haa5 haa1

xia4 he4

[粵] haa2 - Cantonese only
used as question tag or simple reminder

[粵] haa5 | [國] xia4
variant of 下 when used as a delimitative marker

[粵] haa1 | [國] he4
[interjection] tut-tut - used to express disapproval or resentment

吓 is also the simplified version of 嚇.

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

吓

This word has been viewed 12124 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Jul 2013 03:42

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諗吓 nam2 haa5 = think for a while; consider 粵

吓吓 haa5 haa5 = always; all the time 粵

等一吓 dang2 jat1 haa5 = wait a while/moment 粵

等吓 dang2 haa5 = wait a while/moment 粵

睇吓 tai2 haa5 = that depends on... 粵

睇吓先啦 tai2 haa5 sin1 laa1 = take a look 粵

斟吓 zam1 haa5 = have a brief talk 粵

傾吓 king1 haa5 = have a brief talk, to chat 粵

講吓笑 gong2 haa5 siu3 = crack a joke 粵

講吓講吓 gong2 haa5 gong2 haa5 = carry on a conversation; keep talking 粵
See all 17 compounds (CantoDict reports 18 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 9 examples containing 吓

不如你試吓答啦？粵
Why don't you try to answer?
[^already a literal translation]

你要試吓佢程度喺邊度粵
You need to find out what his level is like.
[Lit. You need try-little he level at where. In this case, referencing a student's level of English. More explicitly, 你要試吓佢英文程度喺邊度.]

跟我入去我間實驗室。你睇吓我嘅雷射。粵
Follow me into my lab and take a look at my laser.

今日報紙我擸過吓粵
I have a quick glance at today's newspaper.

喐吓就燕窩魚翅，實情有水粵
For no good reason he'll have bird's nest and shark's fin as a meal; he must really be rich.

邊個叫你做㗎,吓? 粵
Who told you to do this, really?
[㗎 is a final particle used here to soften an assertive question. 吓 functions like a question tag that does not carry any actual meaning. ]

好聲行,吓! 粵
Walk carefully, okay!
[吓 functions as a sentence tag used here as a simple reminder. ]

吓,點解你要噉樣做? 粵
Tut-tut, what on earth did you do that for?
[吓 is an exclamation used here to express disapproval. ]

我等陣去佢間舖頭打墩﹐傾吓偈同消磨吓時間。粵
I'm going to his store and spend a long time there in a moment, to chat, and to kill time.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 吓
Unicode code for this character: U+5413 (off-site link)

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