嘻哈

Chinese

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

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).

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīhā
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄏㄚ
  - 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/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ-hă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵ ^(h-)a⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-ha
  - Tâi-lô: hi-ha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hi'haf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² ha⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ ha³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² ha⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ ha⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ ha⁴⁴/

嘻哈

(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