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嗨喲

嗨喲

See also: 嗨哟

Chinese

		oh alas	(interj) Oh, sound made when expressing surprise; (idiom) used at end of sentence as an exclamation
trad. (嗨喲)		嗨	喲
simp. (嗨哟)		嗨	哟

Interjection

嗨喲

heave-ho; yo-heave-ho; yo-ho

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hāiyō

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞㄧㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ jo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hāiyō → hāiyo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞㄧㄛ → ㄏㄞㄧㄛ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hai.io
  - IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /xaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ɔ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ jo¹
  - Yale: hōi yō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ jo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɔː⁵⁵/