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hāhā · HSK 3

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😂 哈 + 哈 = ha + ha; reduplicated onomatopoeia for laughter

哈 (hā) mimics an open-mouthed exhale, the same sound English writes as ha. Doubling it to 哈哈 is Mandarin's standard way to spell out laughter in text, just like English haha or LOL.

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